A question on #Schools #Admissions tabled by Noah Law on 01-07-2025 has been answered by Catherine McKinnell.

Heading: Schools: Admissions
Question ID: 1818533
UIN: 64359
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-07-01
Asking Member ID: 5302
Asking Member display name: Noah Law
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Noah Law
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps with local authorities to that ensure travel distance is taken into account when (a) calculating school catchment zones and (b) offering school places.
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Date answered: 2025-07-07
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4125
Answering Member display name: Catherine McKinnell
Answering Member handle: CMcKinnellMP
Answering Member Twitter reference: @CMcKinnellMP
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Answer text: Admission arrangements are set and applied locally by a school’s admission authority, which for academies is the academy trust and for maintained schools is either the governing body or the local authority.Admission authorities must determine the criteria...
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Answering body ID: 60
Answering body name: Department for Education
Tweeted: true