The School Admissions (Admission Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2008

Manner of notification of admission arrangements

18.—(1) This regulation prescribes for the purposes of section 88C(4) the manner in which, and the time by which, an admission authority must notify the appropriate bodies of determined admission arrangements.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation and regulation 22 “appropriate bodies” has the meaning given in section 88F(3) and—

(a) for the purposes of section 88F(3)(d) the prescribed admission authorities are those falling within regulation 12(2)(d) and (4);

(b) for the purposes of section 88F(3)(e) the religious bodies or persons are those set out in regulation 12(2)(i) and (7); and

(c) for the purposes of section 88F(3)(g) the prescribed persons are those persons falling within regulation 12(2)(g) and (h) and (6).

(3) The admission authority must, within 14 days after the date on which they determined the admission arrangements—

(a) give notice in writing of the admission arrangements to—

(i) each of the appropriate bodies set out in section 88F(3)(a) to (f),

(ii) any person falling within section 88F(3)(g) who responded to any consultation carried out under section 88C(2), and

(iii) any person whom the admission authority were required to consult by virtue of regulation 14; and

(b) place a copy of the determined admission arrangements on their website (if they have one).

(4) Where the determined admission arrangements differ in any respect from the proposed arrangements on which the appropriate bodies were consulted (save any difference which relates solely to exempt arrangements within the meaning of regulation 13(3)), the notification required by paragraph (3) must include a complete copy of the admission arrangements as determined.

(5) Notification under paragraph (3)(a) may be effected by the transmission of the notification in electronic form, except in any case where there are grounds for believing that the intended recipient is unable to make use of it in that form.

(6) Arrangements published under sub-paragraph (3)(b) must be displayed on the website until such time as they are replaced by arrangements published under regulation 22(2)(b) or by arrangements determined for the following academic year.