Who is responsible for admissions to school?
A. All schools have an admission authority that is legally responsible for their admissions. Hampshire County Council is the admission authority for all community and voluntary controlled primary, infant, junior and secondary schools in its administrative area. Some schools are responsible for their own admissions: these are either voluntary aided (VA) schools (in Hampshire all of these are church schools) or foundation schools. Foundation schools includes Trust schools. The majority of mainstream school in Hampshire (approximately 500) are community and voluntary controlled (VC), but 56 are voluntary (aided), and 27 are foundation schools. For the majority, therefore, Hampshire County Council is the admission authority.
