Relevant Area for Consultation

The ‘relevant area’ is the area for a school (determined by its local authority and then reviewed every two years) within which the admission authority for that school must consult all other admission authorities on its proposed admission arrangements in accordance with The Education (Relevant Areas for Consultation on Admission Arrangements) Regulations 1999.

Cheshire East Council's 'relevant area' has been determined as the Cheshire East administrative boundary for all community and voluntary controlled schools for which the Local Authority is the admissions authority and the 'relevant area' for every Cheshire East authority voluntary aided and foundation school to be the area normally served by the school, from which most of its pupils are drawn.
  
It is recognised that parents actual preferences and children's actual schooling patterns will extend beyond the Authority’s boundary and therefore consultation on admission arrangements will involve all neighbouring authorities.

Determined 2 December 2008.