# The School Admissions (Admission Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2008, Regulation 21: Variation of admission arrangements


(1) This regulation prescribes for the purposes of section 88E(9)(b) the circumstances in which an admission authority may vary the admission arrangements they have determined for a particular academic year.
(2) An admission authority may vary its admission arrangements to the extent that such variation is necessary to give effect to an admission forum protocol.
(3) An admission authority may vary its admission arrangements under which pupils are to be admitted to the school to the extent that such variation is necessary to give effect to any mandatory requirements of—
(a) the School Admissions Code; or
(b) Part 3 of SSFA 1998 (school admissions).
(4) For the purposes of this regulation an “admission forum protocol” means an arrangement of an admission forum which aims to ensure that children who have no school place are offered a place at a suitable school as quickly as possible.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3089/regulation/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/school-admissions-admission-arrangements-england-regulations-2008/regulation-21/enacted
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