Leeds City Council have started a 6-week consultation on their 2024/25 admission policy for Leeds community and voluntary controlled schools.   The 100 community and voluntary controlled schools this consultation is for are listed in the consultation information on their website.

170 Leeds schools are academies, voluntary aided, foundation and free schools. These schools all consult on and set their own admission policy, so this consultation doesn’t apply to any of those schools.

LCC advise that they are proposing;

• Changes to 95 primary school catchment areas – you can see a maps of the new proposed catchment area at  www.leeds.gov.uk/SchoolAdmissionsConsultations
• Changes to the coordination scheme, including moving the date applications open for year 7 places from 1 August to 1 September each year. This aligns when the round opens with the mandatory coordination duty which ends on 31 August, and the point when applications become in-year on 1 September.

LCC also have an online survey for you to share your views. The closing date for responding is 7 December 2022. Find out more at  www.leeds.gov.uk/SchoolAdmissionsConsultations

Leeds City Council are excited to announce that the first ever Leeds Creative Skills Festival (LCSF) will be taking place this year. The festival will be a precursor to activities planned for the LEEDS 2023 Year of Culture. The Employment and Skills Service and the Culture team have joined together to host the week-long festival between 14-18 November 2022 with the aim of inspiring our young people to consider a career in the sector. The festival will culminate in a Showcase Event at the Leeds First Direct Arena on 17 November, 2-7pm. Employers and training providers across the Creative and Cultural Sector will be exhibiting to highlight the exciting and diverse range of careers, opportunities, pathways and skills in the creative and cultural industries.

Free tickets for visitors are available to book now at:  https://bit.ly/LCSFbookings. Invitation also attached.

Exhibitor Bookings – We are still accepting bookings for exhibitors to join us at the Arena on 17 November. Please share details across your networks via our LinkedIn account- Leeds Creative Skills Festival- https://tinyurl.com/LCSFLinkedin and the attached save the date exhibitor invitation.

Please tag us in your posts and follow our social media accounts to keep up-to-date and reshare/retweet our posts about the festival:

Facebook – Employment and Skills Leeds – https://www.facebook.com/eandsleeds

Instagram- @eandsleeds @leedscitycouncil

LinkedIn- Leeds Creative Skills Festival- https://tinyurl.com/LCSFLinkedin

Twitter- Employment and Skills- https://twitter.com/eandsleeds

For further information about the festival please email the Employment and Skills Service at: esemployers@leeds.gov.uk.

The Parish Council advises that due to the resignation of Mr Doug Bodey, a vacancy exists in the office of Parish Councillor for the Parish Council of Aberford & District.  You can view the official notice of vacancy here.