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Recommendation 19
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Acknowledged
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Where the involvement of the Schools Adjudicator is required for admissions decisions for looked-after children,...
Recommendation
Where the involvement of the Schools Adjudicator is required for admissions decisions for looked-after children, these decisions must be made within a maximum 20-day timeframe.
Government response summary AI-generated
The department agrees on the importance of timely school admissions and is working with the Office of the Schools Adjudicator to explore how decision-making can be improved, but made no commitment to a 20-day timeframe.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government · verbatim extract
Acknowledged
The department agrees on the importance of timely school admissions for looked-after children and is working with the Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA) to explore how the timeliness of decision making can be improved, for example, by prioritising cases involving looked-after children.
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