We the undersigned petition Brighton & Hove Council to Halt the current consultation into school admission boundaries to allow for a meaningful, impartial and evidence based consultation.
On Wednesday the 9th of October the council met and discussed (as an addendum) a proposal for changing school boundaries. An poorly publicised, rushed and flawed consultation has already seen many questions raised about the process including (but not limited to):
- limited data available on the proposed schemes impacts. That which is available not presented in an accessible way
- limited time and opportunity for feedback from the key community the council should be seeking feedback from (parents) with meetings at times when parents are putting kids to bed etc) and with limited warning to plan for this.
- a leading and flawed questionnaire that forces people to answer yes or no to complex questions

The proposals have far reaching implications and although the objectives of reducing inequality are welcomed, the process by which this has been managed so far is not adequate for a meaningful consultation.