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The School Admissions (Admission Arrangements and Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2012

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King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2017-09-28

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

These Regulations are made under sections 88B, 88C, 88E, 88F, 88H, 88K, 88M, 88N, 88O, 88Q, 92, 100, 102, and 138(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (“SSFA 1998”), and section 29(5) of the Education Act 1996, and come into force on 1st February 2012 primarily in relation to admission arrangements for maintained schools for the academic year 2013-2014 and subsequent years (but see chapter 6 below and Part 3 below).

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The School Admissions (Admission Arrangements and Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2012

PART 1

1Citation, commencement and application

2Interpretation

3Revocations and amendments

4(1) The School Information (England) Regulations 2008 are amended as...

PART 2

CHAPTER 1

5Proportion of selective admissions

6Selection by aptitude for particular subjects

CHAPTER 2

7Priority for looked after children

8Grammar schools

9Schools designated as having a religious character

10Schools with pre-existing selection arrangements

11Schools which select by pupil banding

CHAPTER 3

12Persons who must be consulted

13Matters to which consultation is to relate

14Matters about which consultation is not required

15Circumstances where consultation on admission arrangements is not required

16Manner of consultation

17Time for consultation and determination of admission arrangements

CHAPTER 4

18Publication by local authority

CHAPTER 5

19Variation of admission arrangements

20Variation of the determined admission number

CHAPTER 6

21Objections that may not be referred to the adjudicator

22Restriction on referring objections following a decision by the adjudicator

23Time limit for objections

24Condition to be met before the determination of an objection

25Information to be provided by the admission authority

PART 3

26Formulation of qualifying schemes

27Action to be taken by a local authority to secure adoption of a qualifying scheme

28Information to be provided to the Secretary of State

29Making of a scheme by the Secretary of State

30Offer date

31Saving for qualifying schemes

32Sections 496 and 497 of the Education Act 1996

PART 4

33Provision of information to local authority

34Representative bodies or persons for schools designated as having a religious character

SCHEDULE 1Information to be provided by the admission authority

1The following information must be provided by an admission authority...

2Details of the school’s pupil numbers for the past five...

3Projected applicant numbers for the school for the next three...

4A copy of the admissions booklet for parents.

5A copy of the determined admission arrangements for the school....

6A copy of the minutes of the meeting at which...

7If the admission authority are not the governing body of...

8The dates on which the objection, or as the case...

SCHEDULE 2Requirements of a qualifying scheme

1General

2Applications made in the course of a normal admission round

3Applications for in-area schools

4Additional duties on an authority relating to applications for out-of area schools

5Duties of governing body under a qualifying scheme

SCHEDULE 3Representative bodies or persons of the religion or religious denomination for schools designated as having a religious character

SCHEDULE 4Rabbinic Authorities

2012 No. 8

Education, England

The School Admissions (Admission Arrangements and Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2012

Made3rd January 2012

Laid before Parliament10th January 2012

Coming into force1st February 2012

The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 88B, 88C, 88E, 88F, 88H, 88K, 88M, 88N, 88O, 88Q, 92, 100, 102 and 138(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 19981 and section 29(5) of the Education Act 19962: