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

Publication by local authority

19.—(1) No later than 1st May in the determination year, a local authority must publish the following information on their website, and in a newspaper circulating in the locality of the local authority, namely—

(a) the extent to which admission arrangements have been determined for schools, Academies, city technology colleges and city colleges for the technology of the arts in the area of the local authority;

(b) the fact that copies of the determined admission arrangements are available on the local authority’s website and are available for inspection at the offices of the local authority and at such other places and by such other means as the local authority considers appropriate;

(c) a statement about parents’ right of objection to the adjudicator explaining—

(i) the effect of section 88H(3) (reference of objections to the adjudicator by parents),

(ii) that a parent may only refer an objection if the objection falls within regulation 27 and the parent falls within the relevant paragraph of regulation 26, and

(iii) the operation of regulation 28 in relation to objections falling within regulation 27(b);

(d) the address to which such objection should be referred;

(e) the date by which it must be referred; and

(f) the fact that further information about the determined arrangements and the ability of a parent to object may be obtained from the local authority including the address and telephone number for such contact.

(2) Where determined admission arrangements are varied under regulation 21, the local authority must publish a copy of the varied admission arrangements on their website within 14 days of —

(a) the variation, or

(b) in the case of admission arrangements for a school for which the local authority is not the admission authority, receipt of notification under regulation 22(3).