Dorset are running the annual consultation on the School Admission Arrangements for 2024/2025 with effect from Monday 7th November 2022 to Sunday 18th December 2022.
Details of the consultation will be available to view at 2024 to 2025 school admission policies – Dorset Council
Responses must be submitted either in writing to School Admissions Team, Dorset Council, County Hall, Dorchester, DT1 1XJ or by email to schoolorganisation@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk by Sunday 18th December 2022.
Upon the conclusion of the consultation period all responses will be considered carefully and a report will be presented to Dorset Council’s Cabinet meeting on Tuesday 28th February 2023.
The key dates for the consultation are set out below:
| Dorset LA consultation begins | 7th November 2022 | |
| Dorset LA consultation ends | 18th December 2022 | |
| Own Admission Authorities (including Dorset LA) determine 2024-2025 Admission Arrangements by: | 28th February 2023 | |
| Own Admission Authorities (including Dorset LA) publish 2024-2025 Admission Arrangements by:
Own Admission Authorities to send a copy of their 2024-2025 Admission Arrangements to Dorset Council by: | 15th March 2023 | |
| Deadline for Objections to Office of the School’s Adjudicator | 15th May 2023 |
Own Admission Authority Schools are reminded that they must carry out their own consultation if they are proposing changes to their admission arrangements for 2024/2025.
Consultation must be carried out over a 6 week period between 1st October 2022 – 31st January 2023, and a school must inform the Local Authority of any consultation that is being undertaken.
Own Admission Authority Schools – PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR 2024/25 ADMISSIONS ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN DETERMINED BY 28TH FEBRUARY AND PUBLISHED BY 15TH MARCH 2023. A COPY OF THESE ARRANGEMENTS ALSO NEEDS TO BE SENT TO DORSET COUNCIL BY THIS DATE – PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT.