The School Admissions (Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2007

Action to be taken by a local education authority to secure adoption of a qualifying scheme

5.—(1) This regulation prescribes for the purposes of section 89B(1)(b) of the 1998 Act the action to be taken by an authority with a view to securing the adoption of a qualifying scheme by themselves and each governing body who are the admission authority for a primary school or, as the case may be, a secondary school in their area.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), an authority must formulate a qualifying primary scheme and a qualifying secondary scheme no later than 1st January in the relevant determination year.

(3) The authority must refer a qualifying scheme which they propose should be adopted in their area to any Admission Forum established for that area under section 85A(1) of the 1998 Act and must have regard to any advice or recommendations of the Forum.

(4) After taking the action required by paragraph (3), the authority must consult the following about any proposed qualifying scheme, namely—

(a) (i) in respect of a proposed qualifying primary scheme, each governing body who are the admission authority for a maintained primary school in their area, or

(ii) in respect of a proposed qualifying secondary scheme, each governing body who are the admission authority for a maintained school in their area; and

(b) any other local education authority as the authority may determine.

(5) The consultation pursuant to paragraph (4)(b) must be undertaken with a view in particular to securing that the arrangements for the admission of pupils to primary schools or, as the case may be, secondary schools in the areas of different local education authorities are, so far as is reasonably practicable, compatible with each other.

(6) Once the authority have carried out any consultation required under this regulation they must determine the qualifying scheme (either in its original form or with such modifications as the authority think fit) which they propose should apply for the academic year in question and must take all reasonable steps to secure its adoption by themselves and each governing body they consulted in relation to it.

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Section 85A was inserted by section 45 of the Education Act 2002.