The School Admissions (Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2008
The School Admissions (Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements)(England) Regulations 2008 (“the 2008 Regulations”) are made under sections 88M, 88N, 88O, 138 and 144 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. They come into force on 10th February 2009. They require local authorities (with the exception of the Council of the Isles of Scilly) to formulate a qualifying scheme to co-ordinate arrangements for the admission of pupils to maintained schools in their area, so that parents apply to their home local authority (irrespective of where the school might be), and receive one offer of a school place. They do not apply to applications for admission to a sixth form of a school.