Education, England Citation, commencement, extent and application 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the School Information (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021. 2 These Regulations come into force on 1st September 2021. 3 These Regulations extend to England and Wales. 4 These Regulations apply in relation to England only. Amendment of the School Information (England) Regulations 2008 2 1 The School Information (England) Regulations 2008 are amended as follows. 2 In regulation 2— a the existing text becomes paragraph (1); b in paragraph (1)— i after the definition of “fair access protocol”, insert— “in-year coordination scheme” has the meaning given in paragraph (6); ; ii in the definition of “maintained school”, in paragraph (a) for “Part 2” substitute “this Part and Part 2”; c after paragraph (1) insert— 2 For the purposes of these Regulations, an application is made in the course of a normal admission round if it is not a late application or an in-year application. 3 For the purposes of these Regulations, an application is a late application if— a it is for the admission of a child to a relevant age group; b it is submitted before the first day of the first school term of the admission year; and c a determination relating to the application is not made by an admission authority on or before the offer date (within the meaning given in regulation 2(2) of the School Admissions (Admission Arrangements and Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2012 ). 4 For the purposes of these Regulations, an application is an in-year application if— a it is for the admission of a child to a relevant age group and it is submitted on or after the first day of the first school term of the admission year; or b it is for the admission of a child to an age group other than a relevant age group. 5 For the purposes of paragraphs (3) and (4) “relevant age group” has the meaning given in section 142(1) of the SSFA 1998. 6 “In-year coordination scheme” means a scheme made by a local authority to coordinate the arrangements for the admission of relevant children to schools in its area. 7 For the purposes of paragraph (6) “relevant child” means a child in respect of whom an in-year application is made. . 3 In regulation 10— a in the heading for “Information” substitute “General information”; b in paragraph (1), for “paragraph (5)” substitute “paragraphs (5) and (5A)”; c in paragraph (2), for “paragraph (5)” substitute “paragraphs (5) and (5A)”; d in paragraph (4), for “paragraph (6)” substitute “paragraph (5A)”; e in paragraph (5), for “and”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “or”; f after paragraph (5) insert— 5A In respect of the information specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 4, the governing body of a community or voluntary controlled school must arrange for the information— a to be published on the website by no later than 15th March in the determination year; and b to be displayed on the website until the end of the offer year to which the determined admission arrangements specified in that information relate. ; g omit paragraph (6). 4 In paragraph 2 of Schedule 2— a the existing text becomes sub-paragraph (1); b in sub-paragraph (1), in paragraph (d), for the words from “applications” to “round” substitute “non-standard applications”; c after sub-paragraph (1)— 2 For the purpose of sub-paragraph (1)(d) “non-standard application”— a in relation to an offer year which begins before 1st August 2022, means an application made otherwise than in the course of a normal admission round; b in relation to an offer year which begins on or after 1st August 2022, means a late application. . 5 In Schedule 4— a in paragraph 2— i omit “Either—”; ii omit sub-paragraph (b); b omit paragraph 13. Nick Gibb Minister of State Department for Education 11th May 2021