School admission arrangements for 2022-23

We’re proposing to make changes to the school admission arrangements for the school year 2022-23.

Hertfordshire County Council's proposed school admission arrangements for 2022-23

The county council proposes the following changes to its admission arrangements for 2022-23:

1. to amend the wording and definition of Rule 5 to:
   
   Children for whom it is the nearest school or academy. This includes all schools except those which allocate places on the basis of faith (membership or practice) before allocating on the basis of distance/location.
   
   
2. to clarify our policy on twins and multiple births by amending the definition to:
   
   Hertfordshire County Council (HCC), as the admission authority will admit over the school’s published admission number when a single twin/multiple birth child is allocated a place at a school.
   
   
3. to reduce the published admission number at Markyate Village School and Nursery
   
   
4. to maintain the existing relevant areas used for consultation purposes.

Further information about the proposals is included in the following documents:

• Information about the admissions consultation proposals 2022/23 (PDF 168kb)
• Appendix A - New Nearest Schools (PDF 81kb)
• Appendix B - Impact of Rule 5 change (PDF 150kb)
• Appendix C - Relevant Areas (PDF 704kb)
• Proposed admission arrangements for primary, junior and middle schools 2022/23 (PDF 266kb)
• Proposed explanatory notes and definitions 2022/23 (PDF 213kb)
• Timelines for Coordination for 2022-23 (PDF 140kb)
• Proposed Primary, First and Junior Published Admission Numbers 2022/23 (PDF 366kb)

The following arrangements have not been amended but are provided for information:

• Proposed admission arrangements for secondary and upper schools 2022/23 (PDF 183kb)
• Proposed Secondary, Upper and Middle Published Admission Numbers 2022/23 (PDF 136kb)

• Admission arrangements for sixth forms 2022/23 (PDF 99kb)
• HCC schemes of coordination 2022-23 (PDF 290kb)

Please ensure that your response is received by 6 December 2020. As required by the School Admissions Code (December 2014), the county council will also be consulting the governing bodies of all community and voluntary controlled schools where the school’s published admission number (PAN) is proposed to remain the same or increase.

The following information is about consultations where Hertfordshire County Council is not the admitting authority. Any feedback should be provided direct to the school or local authority, as indicated.