Management Information Sheet

Introduction - Admission Arrangement

The School Admissions Code requires admission authorities to consult on their admission arrangements only every seven years if no changes are proposed.

It is only necessary for you to consult on your admission arrangements for September 2024 if your governing body or Trust is proposing to make any changes to the oversubscription criteria or to reduce your admission number, or the arrangements have not been consulted on in the last 7 years. You must ensure that you keep an accurate record of the last date of consultation in order to meet the requirement to consult every seven years.

There are no changes planned for the admission arrangements and admission policies for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools for which Norfolk County Council is the admissions authority, so no consultation is required. The admission arrangements for the school year 2024/25 are displayed at: Norfolk admission arrangements - Norfolk County Council

Introduction - Planned Admission Number

The County Council, as the Admissions Authority, is responsible for setting the annual Planned Admission Numbers (PAN) for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools - where a change is proposed this must be done in consultation with the governing bodies and other stakeholders including parents.

Voluntary Aided Schools, Foundation schools and Academies are their own Admission Authorities and are responsible for setting their own PANs. Where a change is proposed this must be done in consultation with the County Council and other stakeholders including parents.

Although consultation is not required to increase or to keep the same admission number, admission authorities must notify the local authority of their intention to increase the admission number and reference to the change should be made on the school's website.

Admissions Code: Section 1.47 identifies those who need to be consulted. The consultation must last for a minimum of six weeks and be completed by 31 January 2023. The normal period for consultation is 1 October - 31 January. Arrangements must be determined by 28 February 2023.

We are contacting schools electronically through the Norfolk Schools website for the proposed Planned Admission Numbers for the 2024/25 academic year. Feedback is required by 20 January 2023

Please use the feedback form on the Norfolk Schools website to let us have your agreement or disagreement to the proposed PAN and any comments on the proposal by 20 January 2023.

The agreement of the governing body to the PAN should be minuted at a full meeting.

The consultation page for your school can be accessed via Norfolk Schools www.schools.norfolk.gov.uk You will be prompted to log in to 'My School'.

The 'Admissions Number consultation for 2024/25' is in the 'Buildings' sub-section listed on the left-hand side of the page. There is also a link on this page to view a list of proposed PANs for all schools, the 'Planned admissions numbers (Excel)' in the left-hand navigation.

Also available on the My School page are the most recent pupil forecasts for your school which we strongly recommend reviewing before you respond.

In the case of Community and VC schools, if we do not hear from you by 20 January 2023, your agreement to the proposed admission number will be assumed.

As the co-ordinating authority for admissions in Norfolk we will also display the determined PANs for Academies, Voluntary Aided Schools and Foundation Schools.

County Council Contact

Please use the feedback form on My School as mentioned to ensure the reply is registered in the database. If you need to discuss the PAN in more detail, you can contact the Place Planning Team directly using the e-mail address panc@norfolk.gov.uk and we will be in touch as soon as possible.