Decision details

DfE Guidance, published in the School Admissions Code (2014), states arrangements must be determined by 28th February 2021.

To agree the proposed school admission arrangements and co-ordinated schemes for primary and secondary schools for the 2022/2023 academic year.
The admission arrangements are largely unchanged from the policies determined for 2021/2022. apart from some changes to wording/phrasing which have been rewritten in line with guidance from the DfE.
BCC has updated the process for clarifying a child’s home address, following the publication of the Office of the School Adjudicator (OSA) Annual Report September 2018 to August 2019. Child Benefit payments have been removed as a form of evidence.
The arrangements have also been updated and reformatted for accessibility using the BCC standards.
The documents went to public consultation between 30th November 2020 and 31st January 2021, with information sent to all relevant parties as well as being published on the BCC website and Citizen Space consultation page. No objections were raised with regards to the proposed documents.

Not applicable