The School Admissions (Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2008

Requirements of a qualifying scheme relating to applications made in the course of a normal admission round

2.—(1) This paragraph specifies provisions to be made in a qualifying scheme about applications made in the course of a normal admission round.

(2) A qualifying scheme must—

(a) require the common application form to be submitted to the authority by 31^st October in the offer year, in relation to applications for secondary schools, and 15^th January in the offer year, in relation to applications for primary schools,

(b) specify how applications submitted after the dates mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(a) will be processed;

(c) in the case of applications for primary school places, require the actions required by paragraphs 3(2)(f) and 4(2) to be completed by the last working day in March in the offer year;

(d) require an authority to send any determination granting or refusing admission to a school to a parent on the offer date (such determination being sent on behalf of the school’s governing body in any case where the authority are not the admission authority for the school); and

(e) specify the dates by which each of the steps required to be taken in accordance with this Schedule is to be performed, including where the date is specified in this Schedule.