DCSF "Guide for Parents"

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The DCSF has published: Primary and Secondary School Admissions and Appeals: A Guide for Parents.

For those who don't want to plough through the Admissions and Appeals Codes, it is a simplified introduction. (It doesn't say very much about grammar schools, but then nor do the Codes!)

A free copy can be downloaded in pdf format from here:
http://publications.teachernet.gov.uk/d ... 00160-2008&
(Scroll down the page to "download options", and then "download now".)

Topics covered:

• * Introduction
  * Admissions
  * How the school admissions process works
  * The admission rules
  * What to do if you think admission arrangements are unlawful
  * Choosing schools to apply for
  * More children than school places: what happens?
  * The Admissions Process
  * What happens if you apply late or after the normal admissions round
  * Appeals
  * How the appeal process works
  * The Appeal Process
  * Glossary
  * Where to find out more