PART 2Admission arrangements
CHAPTER 2Admission arrangements: looked after children
Schools designated as having a religious character9.
(1)
This regulation applies to an admission authority for a school which has been designated as having a religious character by an order under section 69(3).
(2)
The admission authority may give first priority in their oversubscription criteria to all relevant looked after children, whether or not they are of the same faith as that of the school in accordance with its designation, and must in any event—
(a)
give first priority to all relevant looked after children who are of that faith, and
(b)
give higher priority to all relevant looked after children not of that faith than to all other children not of that faith.