School admissions code 2021
The website items the School Admissions Code sets for admission authorities: admission arrangements, appeals and in-year admissions, with the code's wording for each.
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4 requirements
- Admission appeals timetableMustA timetable for admission appeals: the deadline to lodge an appeal, the deadlines for evidence, notice of hearings and when decisions are sent. Schools that are their own admission authority must publish it by 28 February each year.Every year · 28 February each year
- Admission arrangementsMustHow the school decides who gets a place: the published admission number, oversubscription criteria and how to apply, for this year and next. Schools that are their own admission authority must publish them by 15 March in the year before entry.Every admissions round · 15 March each year
- In-year admissions informationMustHow parents can apply for a school place part-way through the year, how applications are handled, when they will hear and their right to appeal. Schools that are their own admission authority must publish it by 31 August each year.Every academic year · 1 September, the start of the academic year
- Supplementary information formMustThe extra form some schools ask parents to complete when applying for a place. Where a school that is its own admission authority uses one, it must only ask for information that bears directly on oversubscription criteria or selection.Every admissions round · 15 March each year
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