Regulation 5 Procedure for determining admission arrangements
The admission authority for a new school shall determine the initial admission arrangements for the initial year and the following school year not less than 6 months before the school opening date.
Subject to paragraph (4), before determining the initial admission arrangements the admission authority shall consult the following about the proposed arrangements, namely—
where the local education authority are the admission authority, every local education authority any part of whose area adjoins the area of the consulting authority;
where the temporary governing body or promoters are the admission authority, every local education authority any part of whose area lies within, or adjoins, the relevant area; and
in all cases—
the admission authorities for all other maintained schools in the relevant area;
the governing bodies of all community and voluntary controlled schools (so far as not falling within paragraph (i)) in the relevant area.
In paragraph (2) “the relevant area” is the relevant area or relevant areas determined by the local education authority in accordance with S.I. 1999/124.
In relation to the proposed initial admission arrangements for a primary school, paragraph (2) shall only require the admission authority to consult—
the admission authorities for other schools in the relevant area which are primary schools; and
the governing bodies of all community and voluntary controlled schools (so far as not falling within subparagraph (a)) in the relevant area which are primary schools.
The admission authority for a foundation or voluntary school which is a Church of England school as defined by section 142(1) of the 1998 Act, shall, when preparing initial admission arrangements for consultation under paragraph (2), consult the Diocesan Board of Education about the initial admission arrangements which they propose to determine for the school.
Once the admission authority have carried out any consultation under paragraph (2) the authority shall—
determine that their proposed arrangements (either in their original form or with such modifications as the authority think fit) shall be the initial admission arrangements, and
within 14 days of that determination notify the persons whom they consulted under paragraph (2) of those arrangements.