The Education (Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements) (Primary Schools) (England) Regulations 2002

General

1.  A qualifying scheme shall—

(a) require a common application form to be completed, enabling a parent—

(i) to apply for a primary school in the authority’s area, and

(ii) to give reasons for his application;

(b) identify the authority and each governing body who are the admission authority for a primary school to which the qualifying scheme applies;

(c) specify the criteria by which the authority shall determine whether a child is to be granted or refused admission to a primary school in the authority’s area in any case where it appears to the authority that the child—

(i) is eligible to be granted admission to more than one school for which application has been made on the common application form, or

(ii) is not eligible to be granted admission to any school for which such application has been made;

(d) specify the date by which each of the steps required to be taken in accordance with this Schedule is to be performed;

(e) provide a procedure for determining any application for the admission of a child to a primary school which—

(i) is made otherwise than in the course of a normal admission round, or

(ii) where it is for admission to a relevant age group, is submitted later than the date stipulated by the scheme.