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School Standards and Framework Act 1998, Section 99 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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99 General restriction on selection by ability or aptitude.E+W
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(2)The following are [for the purposes of section 39(1) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006] permitted forms of selection by ability—
(a)any selection by ability authorised by section 100 (pre-existing arrangements);
(b)any selection by ability authorised by section 101 (pupil banding); and
(c)any selection by ability conducted in connection with the admission of pupils to the school for secondary education suitable to the requirements of pupils who are over compulsory school age.
(3)No admission arrangements for a maintained school may make provision for selection by aptitude unless they make provision for a permitted form of such selection.
(4)The following are permitted forms of selection by aptitude—
(a)any selection by aptitude authorised by section 100 (pre-existing arrangements); and
(b)any selection by aptitude authorised by section 102 (aptitude for particular subjects).
(5)For the purposes of this Chapter—
(a)a school’s admission arrangements make provision for selection by ability or by aptitude if they make provision for all or any of the pupils who are to be admitted to the school in any relevant age group to be so admitted by reference to ability or to aptitude (as the case may be);
(b)“ability” means either general ability or ability in any particular subject or subjects;
(c)“admission arrangements” has the meaning given by section 88(2); and
(d)“maintained school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school.
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