The table below shows the steps and timescales involved in establishing a new school with a competition
and without a competition.
Indicative timeline for statutory processes
| Route 1: New school through a competition |
Route 2: New school with an exemption from competition |
| March 2010 |
4 weeks consultation period |
March 2010 |
4 weeks consultation period |
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March 2010 |
Application for exemption from competition to be submitted to DCSF |
| April/May 2010 |
Cabinet consider report on consultation and decide next steps |
April/May 2010 |
Cabinet consider report on consultation and decide next steps |
| May 2010 |
Further Consultation (6 weeks) |
May 2010 |
Statutory Consultation (6 weeks) |
| June 2010 |
Cabinet consider report on consultation and decide next steps |
June 2010 |
Cabinet consider report on consultation and decide next steps |
June/July 2010 4 months allowed |
Publish 1st Competition Notice - this is an invitation to interested parties to bring forward proposals for establishing a new school |
June/July 2010 |
Statutory proposal/notice and 6 week representation period |
| September 2010 |
Cabinet decide proposal |
| November 2010 |
2nd Competition Notice - to publish all the proposals submitted to the LA |
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| January/February 2011 |
Cabinet consider report on the outcome of the 2nd Competition Notice.
LA decides proposals OR refers proposals to the Schools Adjudicator for a decision if the LA is the proposer or has an interest in a Trust school bid |
| 1 September 2011 |
Implement Proposals |
1 September 2011 |
Implement Proposals |
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