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How to set your school admission arrangements
Admissions arrangements for September 2022 must be set by 28 February 2021. Learn how admissions authorities set admissions criteria. We also explain how the consultation process works, and the deadline for consulting on changes to admissions arrangements.
- Admission appeals
- Admission application forms
- Admission to reception: deferring entry
- Challenging the placement of a pupil with SEN
- Placing pupils in older or younger year groups
- School Admissions Code: proposed changes
- School admissions: outcome letters for parents
- Sixth-form admissions: rules and guidance
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