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<p>The School Admissions Code (the Code) provides a robust framework that governs
the determination of school admissions policies and the allocation of school places,whereby
86.5% of parents secured a place at their first preference school in 2014.</p><p>All
admission arrangements must comply with the Code and must be consulted on at a local
level. Anyone who feels a school’s admission policies and arrangements are unfair
or unlawful may object to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator. Where a local authority
is of the view that a school’s admission arrangements may not be lawful, they have
a duty to refer them to the Adjudicator, whose decision is binding and enforceable.</p><p>Local
authorities also have a duty to report annually to the Chief Schools Adjudicator on
the effectiveness of admissions in their area, and to publish their report locally.
These reports inform the Adjudicator’s annual report to the Secretary of State.</p><p>The
Department for Education also receives feedback on the operation of local admission
policies from parents, local authorities, schools and other bodies.</p><p>Taken together
these measures allow the Department to monitor the effectiveness of the Code at both
the national and local level.</p><p> </p>
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