Education Act 2011

Section 34

SCHEDULE 10 School admissions: consequential amendments

Amendments consequential on the amendments to section 85A (admission forums)

1 (1) Part 3 of SSFA 1998 (school admissions) is amended as follows.

(2) Section 85B (functions of admission forums in relation to Academies) is repealed.

(3) In section 88F (sections 88C to 88E: supplementary), in subsection (3), omit paragraph (f) (but not the “and” following it).

(4) In section 88Q (reports under section 88P: provision of information), in subsection (2), omit paragraph (b).

2 In EA 2002, section 66 (insertion of section 85B of SSFA 1998: admissions forums in relation to Academies) is repealed.

3 In EIA 2006, in section 41 (role of admissions forums), omit subsections (1) to (6) (amendments to section 85A of SSFA 1998).

Amendments consequential on the repeal of section 88J of SSFA 1998 (school adjudicators)

4 (1) Part 3 of SSFA 1998 (school admissions) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 88K (sections 88H to 88J: supplementary)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) at the end of paragraph (a), insert “or”;

(ii) omit paragraph (c) (and the “or” preceding it);

(b) for subsection (3), substitute—

“(3) Where the adjudicator makes a decision mentioned in subsection (1), the adjudicator must publish a report containing—

(a) the adjudicator’s decision on the objection or (as the case may be) on whether the admission arrangements conform with the requirements relating to admission arrangements, and

(b) the reasons for that decision.”;

(c) in subsection (4)(a)(ii), for “to 88J” substitute “, 88I”;

(d) in subsection (5), for “sections 88I and 88J” substitute “section 88I”;

(e) in the heading, for “to 88J” substitute “and 88I”.

(3) Section 88L (restriction on alteration of admission arrangements following adjudicator’s decision) is repealed.