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

General

1.  A qualifying secondary scheme must—

(a) ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, in relation to any application made in the course of a normal admission round, that each parent in the area of an authority shall receive a single offer of a school place under the scheme, save in any case where

(i) the parent applies for a secondary school in the area of the local education authority, and for a secondary school in the area of a different local education authority, and

(ii) those local education authorities have agreed to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the parent receives only one offer of a school place,

when paragraph 5 applies;

(b) require a common application form to be completed, enabling a parent in an authority’s area—

(i) to apply for not less than three secondary schools, whether or not any school for which such application is made is within the authority’s area,

(ii) to give reasons for his application, and

(iii) to rank each application in relation to any other application (whether or not the qualifying scheme relating to the authority’s area requires applications to be ranked);

(c) where the governing body who are the admission authority for a secondary school have made arrangements for another body to determine the order of priority under paragraph 6(b), identify that body;

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

(e) specify the criteria by which the authority must determine whether a child is to be granted or refused admission to a secondary 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;

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

(g) provide a procedure for determining any application for the admission of a child to a secondary 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 to the authority later than the date stipulated by the scheme.