The Education (Amendments Relating to the Co-ordination of School Admission Arrangements) (Wales) Regulations 2024

Part 3 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31) (“the 1998 Act”) makes provision in relation to arrangements for school admissions. In particular, section 89B of Part 3 of the 1998 Act enables the Welsh Ministers to make regulations requiring a local authority in Wales to formulate a qualifying scheme for co-ordinating the arrangements for the admission of pupils to community, voluntary controlled, voluntary aided and foundation schools in its area (“qualifying schemes”).