Education Act 2011

64 Academy admissions arrangements: references to adjudicator

(1) Chapter 1 of Part 3 of SSFA 1998 (school admissions: admission arrangements) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 88 (admission authorities and admission arrangements)—

(a) in subsection (1), omit the “and” at the end of paragraph (a);

(b) in that subsection, at the end, insert “; and

(c) in relation to an Academy, means the proprietor of the Academy.”;

(c) in subsection (2), omit “maintained”.

(3) In section 88H (reference of objections to adjudicator), after subsection (1) insert—

“(1A) This section also applies where admission arrangements for an Academy have been determined by the proprietor of an Academy under Academy arrangements.”

(4) In section 88I (other functions of adjudicator relating to admission arrangements), in subsection (1)—

(a) after “determined” insert “—

(a)” ;

(b) at the end insert “, or

(b) by an admission authority for an Academy.”

(5) In section 88K (sections 88H and 88I: supplementary)—

(a) in subsection (4)(a), after “England” insert “or an Academy”;

(b) in subsection (5), for the words from “means” to the end substitute “means—

(a) in relation to a maintained school, the requirements imposed by or under this Part as to the content of admission arrangements for maintained schools in England, and

(b) in relation to an Academy, the requirements imposed by or under Academy arrangements as to the content of its admission arrangements.”