The School Admissions (Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2008

Interpretation

3.—(1) In these Regulations—

“SSFA 1998” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;

“academic year” means a period commencing with 1st August and ending with the next 31st July;

“admission year”, in relation to the admission of pupils to schools during a particular academic year in pursuance of an imposed scheme or a qualifying scheme, means that academic year;

“application”, in relation to arrangements made by a local education authority under section 86(1), means a parent’s expression of a preference as to the school at which he wishes primary or, as the case may be, secondary education to be provided for his child in the exercise of the authority’s functions;

“the authority” means the local education authority formulating a qualifying scheme in accordance with regulation 4, or for whose area an imposed scheme has been, or is to be, made;

“the determination year” means the academic year beginning two years before the admission year;

“imposed scheme” means a scheme for co-ordinating the arrangements for the admission of pupils to primary schools and secondary schools made by the Secretary of State under section 88M(2) and imposed in accordance with regulation 7;

“offer date” means the date designated by the authority in accordance with regulation 8 in the case of primary schools, or the date prescribed by regulation 9 in the case of secondary schools;

“offer year” means the academic year immediately preceding the admission year;

“qualifying scheme” means a scheme for co-ordinating the arrangements for the admission of pupils to primary schools and secondary schools in the local authority’s area formulated by an authority pursuant to section 88M(1)(a) and these Regulations;

“school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school;

“the 2007 Regulations” means the School Admissions (Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements)(England) Regulations 2007; and

“working day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday within the meaning of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(1).

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations an application is made in the course of a normal admission round if it is not a late application or an in-year application.

(3) For the purposes of these Regulations an application is a late application if—

(a) it is for the admission of a child to a relevant age group;

(b) it is submitted before the first day of the first school term of the admission year; and

(c) a determination relating to the application is not made by an authority on or before the offer date.

(4) For the purposes of these Regulations an application is an in-year application if—

(a) it is for the admission of a child to a relevant age group and it is submitted on or after the first day of the first school term of the admission year; or

(b) it is for the admission of a child to an age group other than a relevant age group.

(5) Save where otherwise appears, any reference in these Regulations to a numbered section is a reference to that section of SSFA 1998.

(1)

1971 c.80.