{"id":27744,"date":"2018-03-16T12:30:45","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T12:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=27744"},"modified":"2018-03-16T12:30:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T12:30:45","slug":"feeder-schools-plan-ditched-despite-parent-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/03\/16\/feeder-schools-plan-ditched-despite-parent-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeder schools plan ditched despite parent protests"},"content":{"rendered":"

FEEDER schools will not be introduced in Cardiff next year, the council has decided.
\nCouncillors took the decision despite 79% voting in favour of them<\/a> in a recent consultation on changes to school admission policy.
\nAt Thursday\u2019s Cabinet meeting, Labour councillor and Cabinet Member for Education Sarah Merry said she had \u201cagonised over this decision for days\u201d \u2013 but that feeder schools would disadvantage children in faith and Welsh-language primary schools who do not apply to faith or Welsh-language secondaries.
\nShe also said families moving into the area because of job changes and those seeking asylum would suffer if a feeder system were introduced.
\n\u201cA case for changing the admissions policy has not been made. To change from the current policy we would want clear evidence of benefit and to be honest I do not think they are there,\u201d she said.
\nBut many have criticised the fact that feeder schools were ditched despite so many people being in favour.
\n\u201cThis consultation gave people genuine hope that their issues would be addressed and their voices heard,\u201d said Roath Park School community group The Corner in a statement.
\nMany had been left angry after Tuesday\u2019s Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee meeting, when the issue was first discussed publicly.
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