F200local authorities,

the governing bodies of maintained schools,

admission forums,

appeal panels, and

adjudicators,

each of the bodies and persons mentioned in subsection (1) when exercising functions under this Chapter, and

any other person when exercising any function for the purposes of the discharge by a F199local authority, or the governing body of a maintained school, of functions under this Chapter,

make separate provision (by means of separate codes F82...) in relation to different functions under this Chapter of the bodies and persons mentioned in that subsection;

make different provision for England and for Wales (whether or not by means of separate codes F82...);

if the draft is laid before one House on a day later than the day on which it is laid before the other House, the period of 40 days beginning with the later of the two days, and

in any other case, the period of 40 days beginning with the day on which the draft is laid before each House,

advising the authority on such matters connected with the exercise of the authority’s functions under this Chapter as may be prescribed, F203and

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as to the constitution, meetings and proceedings of an admission forum and of any such sub-committee,

as to the manner in which advice is to be given by a forum, F58...

F206... and

as to the establishment by F200local authorities of joint admission forums.

to express a preference as to the school at which he wishes education to be provided for his child in the exercise of the authority’s functions, and

to give reasons for his preference.

sixth form education, or

if compliance with the preference would prejudice the provision of efficient education or the efficient use of resources; F12or

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that the school is one at which boarding accommodation is provided for pupils; and

that the determination under section F18188C or 89 by the admission authority of the admission arrangements which are to apply for that year includes the determinations mentioned in F182section 88D(2)(a) and (b) or 89A(2)(a) and (b).

the admission to the school in that year as boarders of a number of pupils in a relevant age group which does not exceed the number determined under section F18388C or 89 as the number of pupils in that age group that it is intended to admit to the school in that year as boarders;

the admission to the school in that year otherwise than as boarders of a number of pupils in a relevant age group which does not exceed the number determined under section F18488C or 89 as the number of pupils in that age group that it is intended to admit to the school in that year otherwise than as boarders.

any application for the admission to a maintained school of a child who is not in the area of the authority maintaining the school, and

any application made by a parent as mentioned in section 438(4) or 440(2) of the M1Education Act 1996 (application for a particular school to be named in a school attendance order);

a child in the authority's area to express a preference as to the school at which he wishes sixth form education to be provided for him in the exercise of the authority's functions,

a parent of such a child to express a preference as to the school at which he wishes sixth form education to be so provided for his child,

a relevant child to express a preference as to the school at which he wishes education other than sixth form education to be provided for him in the exercise of the authority's functions, and

a parent of such a child to express a preference as to the school at which he wishes such education to be so provided for his child,

has ceased to be of compulsory school age, or

will have ceased to be of compulsory school age before the education in question is provided for him.

a person who is to be able to express a preference under any of paragraphs (a) to (d) of that subsection to express preferences for more than one school;

preferences to be expressed, in relation to a child, by both the child and a parent of his.

the arrangements for the admission of pupils to a maintained school provide for applications for admission to be made to (or to a person acting on behalf of) the governing body of the school, and

a child (whether or not in the area of the authority maintaining the school) or his parent makes such an application,

the relevant selection arrangements for the preferred school are wholly based on selection by reference to ability or aptitude, and

compliance with the preference would be incompatible with selection under those arrangements.

the arrangements for admission to the school for sixth form education, or

those arrangements and the arrangements for entry to the sixth form of children who have been admitted to the school.

the child would have been reinstated as a pupil at the school following a direction from the responsible body as described in paragraph (a)(i) or (ii), if it had been practical for the responsible body to give such a direction;

the review panel has quashed a decision of the responsible body not to reinstate the child as a pupil at the school under subsection (4)(c) of section 51A of the Education Act 2002;

the child was so excluded at a time when the child had not attained compulsory school age.

he was reinstated as a pupil at the school following the giving of a direction to that effect by the relevant authority in accordance with regulations under subsection (3)(b) or (c) of section 52 of the Education Act 2002,

he was so excluded at a time when he had not attained compulsory school age.

the responsible body as defined by subsection (5) of section 52 of the Education Act 2002, or

a panel constituted in accordance with regulations under subsection (3)(c) of that section.

in relation to any time before or after the appointed day, a school maintained by a F199local authority; or

in relation to any time before the appointed day, a grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school within the meaning of the M2Education Act 1996.

in relation to a foundation or voluntary aided school, means the governing body F211; and

in relation to an F240Academy school, means the proprietor of the F240Academy school.

any right of appeal which the governing body may have by virtue of arrangements made in pursuance of section 95(2) (appeals in relation to children to whom section 87(2) applies, other than looked after children in England),

any right to refer the matter to the adjudicator which the governing body may have by virtue of section 95A(3) (references to the adjudicator in relation to looked after children in England to whom section 87(2) applies), or

the application of section 101(2A) or section 109(2).

specifying persons who must be consulted, or who must be consulted about prescribed provisions of proposed arrangements;

specifying provisions of proposed arrangements about which any such consultation is to be carried out;

specifying matters to which any such consultation is, or is not, to relate;

as to the manner in which, and the time by which, any such consultation is to be carried out.

as to the manner in which, and the time by which, any such notification is to be given;

specifying cases in which subsection (4) does not apply.

a determination of the number of pupils in each relevant age group that it is intended to admit to the school in that year as boarders, and

a determination of the number of pupils in each relevant age group that it is intended to admit to the school in that year otherwise than as boarders.

any prescribed method of calculation, and

any other prescribed matter.

have in accordance with section 88C determined the admission arrangements which are to apply for a particular school year, but

at any time before the end of that year consider that the arrangements should be varied in view of a major change in circumstances occurring since they were so determined.

refer their proposed variations to the adjudicator, and

notify the appropriate bodies of the proposed variations.

that the arrangements should so have effect, or

that they should so have effect subject to such modification of those variations as the adjudicator may determine,

as to the manner in which, and the time by which, any such notification is to be given;

specifying cases in which subsection (7) does not apply.

specifying matters which are, or are not, to constitute major changes in circumstances for the purposes of subsection (1)(b);

authorising an admission authority, where they have in accordance with section 88C determined the admission arrangements which are to apply for a particular school year, to vary those arrangements to such extent or in such circumstances as may be prescribed;

for the application of any of the requirements of, or imposed under, subsections (2) to (8) to variations proposed to be made by virtue of paragraph (b), or to any prescribed description of such variations, as if they were variations proposed to be made under subsection (1).

requiring an admission authority who have made a determination of a prescribed description under section 88C to publish such information relating to the determination (including information as to the authority's reasons for making the determination) as may be prescribed;

as to such other matters connected with the procedure for determining or varying admission arrangements under sections 88C to 88E as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

by giving a notice containing the information to prescribed persons, or

in any other prescribed manner.

whichever of the governing body and the F199local authority are not the admission authority,

the admission authorities for all other maintained schools in the relevant area or for such class of schools as may be prescribed;

the governing bodies for all community and voluntary controlled schools in the relevant area (so far as not falling within paragraph (a) or (b)),

the admission authorities for maintained schools in England of any prescribed description,

in the case of a foundation or voluntary school which has a religious character for the purposes of Part 2, such body or person representing the religion or religious denomination in question as may be prescribed,

F213... and

such other persons as may be prescribed.

the area of the F199local authority in which the school in question is situated, or

if regulations so provide, such other area in England (whether more or less extensive than the area of the F199local authority) as may be determined by or in accordance with the regulations.

proposals for the establishment of, or the making of a prescribed alteration to, the school have been published under Part 2 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 or under section 113A of, or Schedule 7 to, the Learning and Skills Act 2000,

in the case of proposals for the making of a prescribed alteration to the school, the proposals are for an increase in the number of pupils that may be admitted to the school or for an enlargement of the premises,

the proposals fall to be implemented (with or without modifications), and

prescribed conditions are satisfied.

the admission arrangements for the initial period and each of a prescribed number of school years following that period are to be the arrangements which fall to be implemented in accordance with the proposals (or in accordance with the proposals as modified), and

F215a body or person wishes to make an objection about the admission arrangements, and

the objection does not fall within any description of objections prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph,

as to circumstances in which the adjudicator is not required to determine an objection under subsection (4);

prescribing the steps which may be taken by an admission authority where an objection has been referred to the adjudicator under subsection (2) F221... but has not yet been determined.

prohibiting or restricting the reference under subsection (2) F222..., within such period following a decision by the adjudicator under this section as may be prescribed, of any objection raising the same (or substantially the same) issues in relation to the admission arrangements of the school in question.

by an admission authority for a maintained school in England under section 88C F225, or

by an admission authority for an F242Academy school.

the Secretary of State refers the admission arrangements to the adjudicator under subsection (2), F226...

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consider the admission arrangements, and

decide whether they conform with those requirements and, if not, in what respect they do not.

the adjudicator may consider the admission arrangements, and

if the adjudicator considers the arrangements under paragraph (a), the adjudicator must decide whether they conform with those requirements and, if not, in what respect they do not.

is considering the authority's admission arrangements under subsection (4)(a) or (5)(a), but

has not yet made a decision in the case under subsection (4)(b) or (5)(b) (as the case may be).

under section 88H(4) on whether to uphold an objection to admission arrangements, F228or

under section 88I(4)(b) or (5)(b) on whether admission arrangements conform with the requirements relating to admission arrangements, F229...

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the admission authority in question, and

any other person or body.

the adjudicator's decision on the objection or (as the case may be) on whether the admission arrangements conform with the requirements relating to admission arrangements, and

the reasons for that decision.

as to the manner in which a report required to be published under subsection (3) is to be published;

requiring such matters to be notified to such persons, and in such manner, as may be prescribed;

prescribing circumstances in which an admission authority may revise the admission arrangements for their school in the light of any decision by the adjudicator relating to the admission arrangements for another school, and the procedure to be followed in such a case.

in relation to a maintained school, the requirements imposed by or under this Part as to the content of admission arrangements for maintained schools in England, and

in relation to F244an Academy school, the requirements imposed by or under Academy arrangements as to the content of its admission arrangements.

to formulate, for any academic year in relation to which prescribed conditions are satisfied, a qualifying scheme for co-ordinating the arrangements for the admission of pupils to maintained schools in their area, and

to take prescribed action with a view to securing the adoption of the scheme by themselves and each governing body who are the admission authority for a maintained school in their area.

a scheme formulated by the F199local authority in accordance with subsection (1) is adopted in the prescribed manner by the persons mentioned in paragraph (b) of that subsection, and

the authority provide the Secretary of State with a copy of the scheme and inform the Secretary of State that the scheme has been so adopted.

that each F199local authority in England must secure that, subject to such exceptions as may be prescribed, no decision made by any admission authority for a maintained school in their area to offer or refuse a child admission to the school is to be communicated to the parent of the child except on a single day, designated by the F199local authority, in each year, or

that, subject to such exceptions as may be prescribed, a decision made by the admission authority for a maintained school in England to offer or refuse a child admission to the school is not to be communicated to the parent of the child except on a prescribed day.

for the purpose of receiving sixth form education.

F200local authorities in England, and

the admission authorities for maintained schools in England.

the F199local authority, and

any governing body who are the admission authority for a school which appears to the Secretary of State to be a school to which the scheme will apply.

the admission of pupils to relevant schools in the authority's area;

the admission of pupils in the authority's area to other relevant schools;

the entry to the sixth form of pupils who have been admitted to relevant schools in the authority's area; and

the entry to the sixth form of pupils in the authority's area who have been admitted to other relevant schools.

a maintained school,

an F245Academy school,

a city technology college, or

a city college for the technology of the arts.

an admission authority (other than the F199local authority) for a maintained school in the area of the F199local authority;

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

any other F199local authority in England;

such other person as may be prescribed.

whichever of the governing body and the F199local authority are not the admission authority,

the admission authorities for all other maintained schools in the relevant area or for such class of such schools as may be prescribed,

the governing bodies for all community and voluntary controlled schools in the relevant area (so far as not falling within paragraph (a) or (b)), F72...

the admission authorities for maintained schools of any prescribed description; F73and

in the case of a foundation or voluntary school which has a religious character for the purposes of Part 2, such body or person representing the religion or religious denomination in question as may be prescribed.

the admission authority are the school’s governing body, and

prescribed conditions are satisfied in relation to that year.

the area of the F199local authority; or

if regulations so provide, such other area (whether more or less extensive than the area of the F199local authority) as may be determined by or in accordance with the regulations.

determine that their proposed arrangements (either in their original form or with such modifications as the authority think fit) shall be the admission arrangements for the school year in question; and

(except in such cases as may be prescribed) notify the F34appropriate bodies of those admission arrangements.

have in accordance with subsection (4) determined the admission arrangements which are to apply for a particular school year, but

at any time before the end of that year consider that the arrangements should be varied in view of a major change in circumstances occurring since they were so determined,

the arrangements shall have effect accordingly as from the date of F96their determination; and

the admission authority shall (except in such cases as may be prescribed) notify the F35appropriate bodies of the variations subject to which the arrangements are to have effect.

specifying matters to which any consultation required by subsection (2) is, or is not, to relate;

as to the manner in which, and the time by which, any such consultation is to be carried out;

as to the manner in which, and the time by which, any notification required by this section is to be given;

specifying matters which are, or are not, to constitute major changes in circumstances for the purposes of subsection (5)(b);

authorising an admission authority, where they have in accordance with subsection (4) determined the admission arrangements which are to apply for a particular school year, to vary those arrangements to such extent or in such circumstances as may be prescribed;

for the application of any of the requirements of subsections (5) and (6) to variations proposed to be made by virtue of paragraph (e), or to any prescribed description of such variations, as if they were variations proposed to be made under subsection (5);

requiring an admission authority who have made a determination of a prescribed description under this section to publish such information relating to the determination (including information as to the authority’s reasons for making the determination) as may be prescribed;

as to such other matters connected with the procedure for determining or varying admission arrangements under this section as F98the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.

by giving a notice containing the information to prescribed persons, or

in any other prescribed manner.

the bodies or persons whom they were required to consult under subsection (2), or would but for subsection (2A) have been required to consult, F100...

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

a determination of the number of pupils in each relevant age group that it is intended to admit to the school in that year as boarders, and

a determination of the number of pupils in each relevant age group that it is intended to admit to the school in that year otherwise than as boarders.

any prescribed method of calculation, and

any other prescribed matter.

to formulate, for any academic year in relation to which prescribed conditions are satisfied, a qualifying scheme for co-ordinating the arrangements for the admission of pupils to maintained schools in their area, and

to take prescribed action with a view to securing the adoption of the scheme by themselves and each governing body who are the admission authority for a maintained school in their area.

a scheme formulated by the F199local authority in accordance with subsection (1) is adopted in the prescribed manner by the persons mentioned in paragraph (b) of that subsection, and

the authority provide F146the Welsh Ministers with a copy of the scheme and inform F147them that the scheme has been so adopted.

that each F199local authorityF151in Wales shall secure that, subject to such exceptions as may be prescribed, no decision made by any admission authority for a maintained school in their area to offer or refuse a child admission to the school shall be communicated to the parent of the child except on a single day, designated by the F199local authority, in each year, or

that, subject to such exceptions as may be prescribed, a decision made by the admission authority for a maintained school F152in Wales to offer or refuse a child admission to the school shall not be communicated to the parent of the child except on a prescribed day.

for the purpose of receiving sixth form education.

F200local authoritiesF153in Wales, and

the admission authorities for maintained schools F154in Wales.

Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (“the 2013 Act”) (intervention in conduct of maintained schools) is to apply as if any obligations imposed on a governing body under the scheme were duties imposed by the Education Acts.

Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the 2013 Act (intervention in local authorities) is to apply as if any obligation imposed on a local authority were an education function.

the F199local authority, and

any governing body who are the admission authority for a school which appears to the Secretary of State to be a school to which the scheme will apply.

admission arrangements have been determined by an admission authority under section 89(4), but

an appropriate body wishes to make an objection about those arrangements, and

the objection does not fall within any description of objections prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph,

admission arrangements have been determined by an admission authority under section 89(4), but

any parent of a prescribed description wishes to make an objection about those arrangements, and

the objection falls within any description of objections prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph,

F114their decision on the objection,

any decision F117they have made on whether it would be appropriate for changes to be made to the admission arrangements, whether in the light of F115their decision on the objection or otherwise,

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F116their reasons for the decisions mentioned in paragraphs (a) F119and (b).

prescribing the steps which may be taken by an admission authority where an objection has been referred to F127the Welsh Ministers under subsection (1) or (2) but has not yet been determined;

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

as to the manner in which F76a report required to be published under subsection (5B) is to be published;

requiring such matters to be notified to such persons, and in such manner, as may be prescribed;

prohibiting or restricting the reference under subsection (1) or (2), within such period following a decision by F129the Welsh Ministers under this section as may be prescribed, of any objection raising the same (or substantially the same) issues in relation to the admission arrangements of the school in question;

prescribing circumstances in which an admission authority may revise the admission arrangements for their school in the light of any decision by F130the Welsh Ministers relating to the admission arrangements for another school, and the procedure to be followed in such a case.

any body or person whom the admission authority were required to consult under subsection (2) of section 89, or would but for subsection (2A) of that section have been required to consult, F132...

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in a case where the F199local authority are the admissions authority, any decision made by or on behalf of the authority refusing a child admission to a school,

F165any other decision made by or on behalf of the authority as to the school at which education is to be provided for F166a child in the exercise of the authority’s functions, other than a decision leading to or embodied in a direction under section 96 F45or 97A (directions for admission), and

F70in a case where the governing body of a community or voluntary controlled school maintained by the authority are the admission authority, any decision made by or on behalf of the governing body refusing F167a child admission to the school.