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School admissions rules finalised
Published: 01 January, 2007
New rules to ensure greater fairness in how schools in England select their pupils have been published by the Department for Education and Skills. The new admissions code, which applies to primary and secondary schools, bans them from assessing parents' work, financial, marital or social status. The rules also stop a school giving priority to pupils whose parents put it as their first choice. The code comes into force next month, for admissions in September 2008. Schools must now "act in accordance with" the code rather than merely having to "have regard to" the guidance. The new regulations also prohibit schools from giving priority to children on the basis of their interests, knowledge or hobbies. Related articles: 
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