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Admissions policies

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First published: 27 December 2016
Last updated: 16 March 2020
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Each school has an admissions policy which means it can fairly decide which children can go to the school. These policies will help you understand how the decisions will be made in your child's case.

The policies can change as circumstances change so it is important you look at the policies for the year your child will be admitted into the school: if your child is starting part-way through a year they will be admitted according to the policies set for the previous September.

Who decides what the policies will be?

As the admission authority we set the admissions policies for community and voluntary controlled primary and secondary schools. Voluntary Aided and Academy schools decide their own policies; there is usually a consultation if a policy change is proposed. Links to the consultations will be found on this page at the appropriate time of year. Following consultation each admission authority should make a final decision about their rules and publish them.

After each years arrangements have been determined any objections can be referred to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator osa.team@osa.gsi.gov.uk by 15 May in the determined year.

If you cannot find the rules for schools you are interested in, please check the school's own website.

2021 Policies

Determined admission arrangements 2021-22 for voluntary aided, foundation schools and academies

Determined admissions arrangement 2021 - 22 for voluntary controlled and community schools

2020 policies

Determined admission arrangements 2020-21 for voluntary aided, foundation schools and academies

Coordinated Admissions Scheme 2020-21

Determined admission arrangements 2020-21 for primary voluntary controlled and community schools

Determined admission arrangements 2020-21 for secondary community schools

Determined admissions arrangements 2020-21 for nursery community and voluntary controlled schools

Determined admissions arrangements 2020-21 for sixth form community schools

Decision - Determined admissions arrangement 2020-21 for community and voluntary controlled schools

2019 policies

Coordinated admissions scheme 2019-20.pdf

Determined admission arrangements 2019-20 for primary community and voluntary controlled schools.pdf

Determined admission arrangements 2019-20 for secondary community and voluntary controlled schools.pdf

Determined admission arrangements 2019-20 for nursery community and voluntary controlled schools.pdf

Determined admission arrangements 2019-20 for sixth form community and voluntary controlled schools.pdf

Decision - Determined admissions arrangement 2019-20 for community and voluntary controlled schools

Determined admission arrangements 2019-20 for academies, voluntary aided and foundation schools

Random allocation procedure

Random allocation procedure

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