New School Admission Code published by Department for Education

Following national consultation last year, the DfE published a new School Admission Code  this week containing a number of changes and clarifications.

The main purpose of these changes is to improve support for the in-year admission of vulnerable children.

The changes include introducing more detail on the process for managing in-year admissions; changes to improve the effectiveness of Fair Access Protocols; giving children adopted from state care outside of England equal admissions priority as children who were previously looked after in England; and clarification of which address to use for the admission of service or crown servant children. 

The changes were announced on Thursday 13th May and further detail on the impact to the operational aspects of the admission process in Warwickshire will be sent out to all schools and WCC's admission authorities shortly and will feature in next week's Heads Up.