The Information as to Provision of Education (England) Regulations 2016

9.  In this Schedule—

“application” means a preference expressed by a parent in accordance with section 86(1) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (1), or by a parent or a child in accordance with section 86A(1)(c) or (d) of that Act (2);

“departmental establishment number” means the identification number allocated to the school by the Department for Education;

“home applicant” means the parent of a child living in the area of the authority; and

“local authority number” means the identification number allocated to the authority by the Department for Education;

“offer” means an offer communicated by a local authority to admit a child in its area to a school(3).

(1)

Section 86(1) was amended by S.I.2010/1158.

(2)

Section 86A was inserted by section 150 of the Education and Skills Act 2008.

(3)

By virtue of the School Admissions (Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I.2007/194), every offer to admit a child in their area to a school in their area must be communicated to the child’s parents by the authority (such offer being communicated on behalf of the governing body of the school which is its own admission authority). Also by virtue of those Regulations, an offer to admit a child in their area to a secondary school in the area of another authority may be communicated by the authority.