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

CHAPTER 1 General

Proportion of selective admissions

5.—(1) This regulation has effect for the purpose of calculating the proportion of selective admissions within the meaning of section 100(3) and section 102(4) in relation to the admission of pupils in any relevant age group to a school in any year.

(2) For the purpose of that calculation the total number of pupils in any such age group admitted to the school in an academic year is to be taken to equal the number of pupils in that age group which it is intended to admit to the school in that year.

Selection by aptitude for particular subjects

6.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) the following subjects are prescribed for the purposes of section 102 (permitted selection: aptitude for particular subjects)—

(a) modern foreign languages, or any such language,

(b) the performing arts, or any one or more of the performing arts,

(c) the visual arts, or any one or more of the visual arts,

(d) physical education or sport, or any one or more sports,

(e) design and technology,

(f) information technology.

(2) The subjects in sub-paragraphs (e) and (f) of paragraph (1) are prescribed in relation to admission arrangements for a school for the academic year 2013-2014 and subsequent academic years only if the admission arrangements for that school made provision for the selection of pupils by reference to their aptitude in those subjects in relation to the academic year 2007-2008 and each subsequent year.