# The School Admission Appeals Code (Appointed Day) (England) Order 2022

S.I. 2022/975 · made 21 September 2022

This Order appoints 1st October 2022 as the day on which the School Admission Appeals Code (“the Appeals Code”) comes into force.

Made under: School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Section 85, Section 138)

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## Introductory text

Education, England
Made 21st September 2022
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 85(5) and 138(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.

## 1 Citation, extent and application

(1) This Order may be cited as the School Admission Appeals Code (Appointed Day) (England) Order 2022.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales.
(3) This Order applies in relation to England.

## 2 Appointed day

The day appointed for the coming into force of the revised code issued by the Secretary of State under section 84(5) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (a copy of a draft of which was laid before each House of Parliament on 16th June 2022) is 1st October 2022.

## 3 Savings provision

(1) Despite article 2, the School Admission Appeals Code 2012 continues to have effect, as it had effect immediately before 1st October 2022, in relation to an appeal pursuant to section 94 or 95 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 which is lodged before 1st October 2022.
(2) In paragraph (1), “School Admission Appeals Code 2012” means the revised code issued by the Secretary of State under section 84(5) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, a copy of a draft of which was laid before each House of Parliament on 1st December 2011 and which came into force on 1st February 2012.

## Signature

Kelly Tolhurst
Minister of State
Department for Education
21st September 2022

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order appoints 1st October 2022 as the day on which the School Admission Appeals Code (“the Appeals Code”) comes into force.
The Appeals Code replaces the previous School Admission Appeals Code, which came into force on 1st February 2012 (“the School Admission Appeals Code 2012”), subject to the savings in article 3.
The Appeals Code imposes requirements and includes guidelines setting out aims, objectives and other matters in relation to the arrangements for appeals against decisions to refuse admission to a maintained school and for appeals by governing bodies, pursuant to sections 94 and 95 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31) respectively.
The Appeals Code introduces:
on a permanent basis, the ability to hold appeal hearings remotely (by video conference and in some circumstances by telephone) as well as in person. The flexibility to hold appeal hearings remotely was temporarily introduced in April 2020, via the School Admissions (England) (Coronavirus) (Appeals Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/446), as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic;
hybrid appeal hearings, where one or more participants attend in person while one or more participants attend remotely.
Article 3 of this Order saves the School Admission Appeals Code 2012 in relation to appeals lodged before the Appeals Code comes into force.
Copies of the Appeals Code (ISBN 978-1-5286-3460-1) and the School Admission Appeals Code 2012 (Reference: DFE-57508-2012) can be purchased from Dandy Booksellers Limited, 15 Hoopers Yard, Kimberley Road, London, NW6 7EJ, telephone orders: +44 (0) 20 7624 2993, email orders: enquiries@dandybooksellers.com, website: www.publicinformationonline.com. The Appeals Code and the School Admission Appeals Code 2012 may be downloaded free of charge from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-admissions-appeals-code.

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