Guidance

School admission of children adopted from local authority care

Guidance for admission authorities managing the admission of previously looked-after children, as set out in the School Admissions Code.

From:
Department for Education
Published
13 May 2014

This publication was withdrawn on

This guidance is now included within the ‘School admissions code’.

Applies to England

Documents

School admission of children adopted from local authority care

Ref: DFE-00401-2014

PDF, 713 KB, 8 pages

Details

This guidance is for:

  • local authorities
  • school admission authorities
  • independent appeal panels

to help understand their obligations and duties in relation to granting school admissions priority to previously looked-after children.

This guidance will be reviewed in April 2015.

Published 13 May 2014