DfE Guidance

School Admissions Code

Statutory guidance for admission authorities, governing bodies, local authorities, schools adjudicators and admission appeals panels.  This sets legal regulations about setting the admissions number and consulting if decreasing it.

School Admissions Code 2014 (PDF) [660KB]

guidance making significant changes "prescribed alterations" to maintained schools

Statutory guidance for proposers and decision makers about opening, closing or making organisation changes to local-authority-maintained schools.

guidance making significant changes to an open academy

Guidance for academy trusts planning to make organisational changes or close an academy by mutual agreement with the Secretary of State.