The School Admissions (Admission Arrangements and Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2012

Persons who must be consulted

12.—(1) This regulation prescribes for the purposes of section 88C(2) the persons who must be consulted about proposed admission arrangements for a school.

(2) Subject to regulation 14 the following persons must be consulted—

(a) whichever of the governing body and the local authority are not the admission authority;

(b) the admission authorities for all other schools in the relevant area;

(c) where the admission authority for the school are the local authority, any neighbouring local authority;

(d) parents of children between the ages of two and eighteen who are resident in the relevant area;

(e) such other persons in the relevant area who in the opinion of the admission authority have an interest in the proposed admission arrangements; and

(f) in the case of a foundation or voluntary aided school which is designated as having a religious character by an order under section 69(3), the body or person representing the religion or religious denomination in question as specified in Schedule 3.

(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(b) in the case of a primary school the admission authority need only consult the admission authorities for other primary schools.

(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(c) a local authority are “neighbouring”, in relation to another local authority, if the areas of the two authorities adjoin to any extent.