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Relevant Areas for Admission Arrangements Proposals - 2026/27 and 2027/28
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The School Standards & Framework Act 1998 requires local authorities to establish a Relevant Area/s in which admission authorities must consult regarding their admission arrangements. Local authorities must consult on Relevant Area proposals every two years as prescribed in The Education (Relevant Areas for Consultation on Admission Arrangements) Regulations 1999.
Proposed Relevant Areas
Cornwall Council is proposing the following Relevant Areas for 2026/27 and 2027/28 admission arrangements. No changes are proposed from the Relevant Areas set for 2024/25 and 2025/26. Consultees:
Devon and Plymouth local authorities
All admission authorities for schools in Cornwall
All schools within the proposed relevant areas
The Diocesan authorities
Deadline for responses: 30 April 2024
Proposed Relevant Areas 2026/27 and 2027/28
Community and voluntary-controlled infant, junior, primary and secondary schools
Cornwall Council, as admission authority, will consult within the following relevant area:
The whole of Cornwall and other LA areas covered within 3 miles of the Cornwall LA border
Consultees will include:
All community and voluntary-controlled infant, junior, primary and secondary schools within the relevant area
All other admission authorities within the relevant area
Diocesan authorities
Academy, foundation, trust and voluntary-aided infant, junior and primary schools
The admission authority (governing board or academy trust) will be required to consult within the following relevant area:
A 5 mile radius of the school, or where this covers a neighbouring authority area, to include up to 3 miles into that area.
Consultees will include:
Cornwall Council
All other admission authorities of infant, junior or primary schools within the relevant area
Any other local authority which is the admission authority for a school within the relevant area
The two nearest primary schools where these are not covered in the 5 mile radius
The Diocesan authority (voluntary-aided schools only)
Academy, foundation and trust secondary schools
The admission authority (governing body or academy trust) will be required to consult within the following relevant area:
A 10 mile radius of the school, or where this covers a neighbouring authority area, to include up to 3 miles into that area.
Consultees will include:
Cornwall Council
All other admission authorities of primary and secondary schools within the relevant area
Any primary schools that are not covered within the relevant area but which form part of the designated area used in the secondary school’s oversubscription criteria
Any other local authority which is the admission authority for a school within the relevant area
The two nearest primary and secondary schools where these are not covered in the 10 mile radius
The School Standards & Framework Act 1998 requires local authorities to establish a Relevant Area/s in which admission authorities must consult regarding their admission arrangements. Local authorities must consult on Relevant Area proposals every two years as prescribed in The Education (Relevant Areas for Consultation on Admission Arrangements) Regulations 1999.
Proposed Relevant Areas
Cornwall Council is proposing the following Relevant Areas for 2026/27 and 2027/28 admission arrangements. No changes are proposed from the Relevant Areas set for 2024/25 and 2025/26. Consultees:
Devon and Plymouth local authorities
All admission authorities for schools in Cornwall
All schools within the proposed relevant areas
The Diocesan authorities
Deadline for responses: 30 April 2024
Proposed Relevant Areas 2026/27 and 2027/28
Community and voluntary-controlled infant, junior, primary and secondary schools
Cornwall Council, as admission authority, will consult within the following relevant area:
The whole of Cornwall and other LA areas covered within 3 miles of the Cornwall LA border
Consultees will include:
All community and voluntary-controlled infant, junior, primary and secondary schools within the relevant area
All other admission authorities within the relevant area
Diocesan authorities
Academy, foundation, trust and voluntary-aided infant, junior and primary schools
The admission authority (governing board or academy trust) will be required to consult within the following relevant area:
A 5 mile radius of the school, or where this covers a neighbouring authority area, to include up to 3 miles into that area.
Consultees will include:
Cornwall Council
All other admission authorities of infant, junior or primary schools within the relevant area
Any other local authority which is the admission authority for a school within the relevant area
The two nearest primary schools where these are not covered in the 5 mile radius
The Diocesan authority (voluntary-aided schools only)
Academy, foundation and trust secondary schools
The admission authority (governing body or academy trust) will be required to consult within the following relevant area:
A 10 mile radius of the school, or where this covers a neighbouring authority area, to include up to 3 miles into that area.
Consultees will include:
Cornwall Council
All other admission authorities of primary and secondary schools within the relevant area
Any primary schools that are not covered within the relevant area but which form part of the designated area used in the secondary school’s oversubscription criteria
Any other local authority which is the admission authority for a school within the relevant area
The two nearest primary and secondary schools where these are not covered in the 10 mile radius
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