Part III School admissions
Chapter I Admission arrangements
F2Admission arrangements: England
88DF1Determination of admission numbers
1
A determination under section 88C by the admission authority for a maintained school in England of the admission arrangements which are to apply for a school year must include a determination of the number of pupils in each relevant age group that it is intended to admit to the school in that year.
2
Such a determination under section 88C may also, if the school is one at which boarding accommodation is provided for pupils, include—
a
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
b
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.
3
Regulations may make provision about the making of any determination required by subsection (1), and may in particular require the admission authority for a maintained school to have regard, in making any such determination, to—
a
any prescribed method of calculation, and
b
any other prescribed matter.
4
References in this section to the determination of any number include references to the determination of zero as that number.
S. 88A cross-heading inserted (26.1.2009) by Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25), ss. 151(2), 173(4); S.I. 2008/3077, art. 4(d)