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

Objections that may not be referred to the adjudicator

21.—(1) For the purposes of section 88H(2)(b) the description of objections that may not be referred under section 88H(2)(1) is—

(a) an objection which in substance seeks an alteration to admission arrangements for a grammar school, which by virtue of section 104(4) may only be made in accordance with sections 105(2) to 109(3) (altering the school’s admission arrangements so that it no longer has selective admission arrangements);

(b) an objection which in substance seeks an alteration to admission arrangements for a selective Academy so as to remove selection, which by virtue of its Academy arrangements may only be made in accordance with those Academy arrangements;

(c) an objection that the admission number has not been changed or has been increased for—

(i) any school whose admission authority are not the local authority; or

(ii) an Academy;

(d) an objection in respect of an increase or no change to the admission number for a community or voluntary controlled school other than an objection by the governing body of that school;

(e) an objection to an agreement that the admission arrangements for an Academy may vary from the School Admissions Code.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(e), an agreement is that made between the proprietor of an Academy and the Secretary of State and set out in the Academy arrangements.

(1)

Subsection 88H(2) was amended by the Education Act 2011 (c.21), section 36(2).

(2)

Section 105 was amended by S.I. 2010/1158.

(3)

Section 109 was amended by the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c.40), Schedule 3, paragraph 29 and S.I. 2010/1158.