Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to local education authorities (LEAs) on school choices where parents are applying to local grammar and LEA schools.

The Department for Education provides a national framework for school choice through the statutory School Admissions Code and related admissions law. It is for local authorities and other admission authorities (including grammar schools) to set their admission arrangements within the parameters of this framework.

The School Admissions Code requires local authorities to publish a composite prospectus for parents which contains the admission arrangements for each of the state funded schools in their area. Parents can then express a preference for at least three schools when applying for a school place as part of the normal admissions round.

The School Admissions Code is published online at:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-admissions-code--2