In accordance with the School Admissions Code (2021), admission authorities are required to consult on any proposed change to the admission arrangements.
Haringey council is the admission authority for all Haringey community and voluntary controlled schools. The council is consulting on the proposed admission arrangements for entry to school in the academic year 2023-24 for Haringey’s community and voluntary controlled nursery, infant , junior, primary and secondary settings.
This consultation will run from 26 November 2021 and 7 January 2022 inclusive.
Why are we consulting?
We consult on our admission arrangements annually irrespective of whether or not there is a proposed change to the arrangements. This is to ensure transparency and openness on the contents of our arrangements and to allow parents, carers and other stakeholders who might not previously have been interested in admission arrangements (perhaps because they didn’t have a child of school age) to make a representation that can then be considered as part of the determination of the arrangements.
This year we are not proposing a change to the oversubscription criteria for community and voluntary controlled schools.
Proposed In-Year Fair Access Protocol
We are also consulting on the proposed In-Year Fair Access Protocol (IYFAP) which all schools and academies in Haringey must follow. An In-Year Fair Access Protocol (IYFAP) has been agreed in Haringey to ensure unplaced children, especially the most vulnerable, are offered a school place without delay and is a statutory requirement set out in the School Admissions Code 2021.
In using the Protocol, it ensures that these children and young people are shared fairly across all Haringey schools and that this process is open and transparent. Haringey’s Protocol is consulted on annually and para 3 of the Protocol in Appendix 5 sets out that “it is essential to the success of IYFAP that all Headteachers and governing bodies agree to the aims, principles and procedures and give their fullest support.”