The School Admissions (Admission Arrangements and Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2012

Priority for looked after children

7.—(1) Except where regulations 8, 9, 10 or 11 applies, an admission authority must give first priority in their oversubscription criteria to all relevant looked after children.

(2) For the purposes of this Part—

(a) “relevant looked after child” means a child who is looked after by the local authority in accordance with section 22 of the Children Act 1989(1) at the time an application to a school is made, and

(b) any reference to an admission authority giving priority in their oversubscription criteria to a relevant looked after child is a reference to the authority giving priority to such a child when determining their admission arrangements before the beginning of each school year in accordance with section 88C.

(1)

1989 c.4; section 22(1) was amended by the Local Government Act 2000 (c.22), Schedule 5, the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (c.35), section 2(2), and the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c.38), section 116(2). There are further amendments to section 22 which are not relevant for these Regulations.