Education (No. 2) Act 1986

Admission of pupils

19 (1) The initial arrangements for the admission of pupils to a new school shall be made—

(a) where the school will be a county or controlled school, by the local education authority ; and

(b) where it will be an aided school, by the temporary governing body or, where that body have not been constituted and the promoters consider that it is expedient for the arrangements to be determined without delay, by the promoters.

(2) Any person making any initial arrangements under this paragraph shall have regard to the arrangements in force for the admission of pupils to comparable schools in the area of the local education authority.

(3) Before making any such initial arrangements for a new school which will be a county school, the authority shall consult the temporary governing body unless—

(a) that body have not been constituted ; and

(b) the authority consider that it is expedient for the initial arrangements to be determined without delay.

(4) Before making any such initial arrangements for a new school which will be a controlled school, the authority shall consult—

(a) the temporary governing body ; or

(b) where that body have not been constituted, the promoters.

(5) Before making any such initial arrangements for a new school which will be an aided school, the temporary governing body or (as the case may be) the promoters shall consult the authority.

(6) Sections 6 to 8 of the 1980 Act (admission to schools) shall have effect, in relation to any new school, as if the references to governors included references to the person responsible for the admission of pupils under the initial arrangements for that school.