Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the current arrangements for a pupil moving from an academy school to a non-academy school, and whether the academy school is obliged to notify the local authority and the receiving school.

Parents can apply for a place at any school, at any time.

Since 2012, local authorities have no longer been required to coordinate admissions outside the normal admissions round and parents can apply directly to the admissions authority of their preferred school.

Under whatever circumstance, when a child is taken off a school’s register, the school must inform the relevant local authority. Where it is apparent that the child is moving schools, it must also inform the local authority of the school the child is moving to.

Similarly, when a school receives an in-year application, it is required to notify the local authority of the outcome of that application, even if the child cannot be admitted.