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Camden LA Admissions Authority: Something amiss?

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hiztori · 14/04/2025 07:34

I work in a school so I know admissions authorities are obliged by law to follow a strict annual timetable for consulting on admissions policy changes, and then also for determining and publishing policies. The determined policies for September 2026-27 should all have been published online by March 15th. Camden normally publish theirs on this page of their website, but haven't yet: https://www.camden.gov.uk/school-admissions-general#rrno.
They also didn't publish any consultations for their 2026-27 policies, which seems unusual. Most Camden schools are still under LA control and there's usually a few consultations published each year.

Individual Camden school websites usually point parents to the LA for admissions policies, so they are no help. If Camden have published 2026-27 policies on a different page to usual then they're well hidden from Google searches - I haven't been able to find them. Can anyone point me in the right direction or give me any insight on why they haven't been published yet?

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Phunkychicken · 14/04/2025 07:47

A quick look at one of the schools shows the policy on the school website, looks like with the introduction of the school reports they're keeping everything within the school pages

hiztori · 14/04/2025 08:01

Phunkychicken · 14/04/2025 07:47

A quick look at one of the schools shows the policy on the school website, looks like with the introduction of the school reports they're keeping everything within the school pages

Can you point me to it? I had a look at a few schools. (One of them did have a policy published, but it didn't say which admissions year it was for).

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hiztori · 14/04/2025 08:09

Most of the Camden schools I've looked at have some general info about admissions but point people to the LA for the policy. Some do have the 2025-26 policy published, but not yet the 2026-27 policy.

This one points to a 2021 policy document: https://www.regenthighschool.org.uk/About/Admissions/

I get that these are maintained schools, so should be able to trust the LA to advise them and tell them what to publish, but it seems like the LA Admissions officer has gone AWOL this year.

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