Admissions Relevant Areas
Under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, local authorities are required to establish a relevant area in which admission authorities must consult regarding their admission arrangements. The Education (Relevant Areas for Consultation on Admission Arrangements) Regulations 1999 requires local authorities to consult on these proposals every two years.
Devon County Council as the admission authority for community and voluntary-controlled infant, junior, primary and secondary schools and with responsibility for co-ordinated admissions schemes and the Fair Access Protocol set the following as relevant areas for admission arrangements for each academic year up to and including 2025/26:
- the administrative area of Devon County Council (not including the administrative areas of Torbay Council or Plymouth City Council) and
- an area within 3 miles of the border in the local authorities of Cornwall, Dorset, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay.
The academy trusts or governing bodies of academy, free, foundation and voluntary aided infant, junior and primary schools acting as their own admission authorities, located within the Devon County Council administrative area, are required to consult within the following relevant area:
- a 10 mile radius of the school, or, where this covers a neighbouring authority area, up to 3 miles into that area.
The academy trusts or governing bodies of academy, free, foundation and voluntary aided secondary* schools (including studio schools and University Technical Colleges) acting as their own admission authorities, located within the Devon County Council administrative area, are required to consult within the following relevant area:
- A 15 mile radius of the school, or, where this covers a neighbouring authority area, up to 3 miles into the area.
Contact
Senior Policy Officer, Room L60, County Hall, Exeter, EX2 4QD. Email: schoolsadmissionpolicy-mailbox@devon.gov.uk