Draft coordinated admission arrangements timetable 2026

In this scheme:

• "LA" means Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council acting in their capacity as local education authority
• "LA area" means the area in respect of which the local authority is the local education authority
• "CAF" means Common Application Form
• "primary education" has the same meaning as in section 2 (1) of the Education Act 1996
• "secondary education" has the same meaning as in section 2 (2) of the Education Act 1996
• "primary school" has the same meaning as in section 5 (1) of the Education Act 1996
• "secondary school" has the same meaning as in section 5 (2) of the Education Act 1996
• "school" means a community, foundation, or voluntary school (but not a special school) which is maintained by the local authority
• "VA schools" means those schools which are voluntary-aided church schools
• "academy" means a publicly funded state school
• "free school" means a publicly funded state school
• "admission authority" in relation to a community and voluntary controlled school means the LA and, in relation to a VA schools and Academies, means the governing body of that school
• "determination year" means the academic year (for example, the period from 1 August to the following 31 July) immediately preceding the offer year. This is the academic year in which admission authorities determine their admission arrangements
• "admission arrangements" means the overall procedure, practices, criteria, and supplementary information to be used in deciding on the allocation of school places and refers to any device or means used to determine whether a school place is to be offered
• "in-year admission" means any application for a place in a school in any year of education that is received after 1 September except in the case of admission into Reception and year 7 in which case these will be treated as the 'normal' round of admissions up to the end of the Autumn term
• "nearest appropriate school" is defined as the school closest to the home address with places, unless your child is a baptised Catholic then a place would be offered at the nearest Roman Catholic School with places