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School Admission Register Change and Local-Authority Return Record

Record admission-register additions, removals and changes, including attendance dates, pupil and parent details, address changes, applicable deletion reason, destination information, local-authority return details and follow-up.

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School Admission Register Change and Local-Authority Return Record

Version
v1
Updated
1 October 2026
Audience
Maintained and academy primary and secondary schools in England when a relevant admission-register event or local-authority return occurs.
Jurisdiction
england

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Use this record for an admission-register addition, removal, address or parent-detail change, notification of attendance at another school, or associated local-authority return. Complete only the sections that apply to the event.

1. Event and pupil identification

Type of admission-register event

Required

Select every event that applies to this record.

Choose all that apply

  • Pupil added to the admission register
  • Pupil removed from the admission register
  • Change to the pupil’s normal address
  • Change to parent details
  • Pupil attending or expected to attend another school
  • Other admission-register change

Pupil’s full name

Required

Enter the full name as held in the admission register.

Written response

Pupil reference or unique identifier

Required

Enter the school or statutory identifier used to match this record to the admission register.

Written response

Date this record was created

Required

Enter the date on which this change, notification or return record was created.

Day
Month
Year

Completed by

Required

Enter the name and role of the person completing this record.

Written response

2. Admission and attendance dates

Agreed or notified first attendance date

Complete for an addition where a date has been agreed or notified. Enter the first day on which the pupil is expected to attend. The admission-register entry is made from the beginning of the first session on that day.

Day
Month
Year

Actual first attendance date

Complete if the pupil attended and the actual first attendance date differs from, or was used instead of, an agreed or notified date.

Day
Month
Year

Basis for the admission-register entry date

Select the basis used for the entry date.

Choose one

  • School and person with control of attendance agreed the date
  • Person with control of attendance notified the school of the date
  • No date was agreed or notified; entry was made on the first day the pupil attended

Attendance-date notes

Record any relevant explanation, including a failure to attend on the agreed or notified date.

Written response

3. Follow-up where the pupil did not attend as expected

Were reasonable enquiries required?

Complete if the pupil failed to attend on the agreed or notified date.

Choose one

  • Yes
  • No
  • Not yet determined

Reasonable-enquiries summary

If reasonable enquiries were required, summarise the enquiries made, dates, contacts or agencies approached, information received and any outstanding action.

Written response

4. Current pupil and parent address details

Pupil’s current address

Required

Enter the current address held in the admission register.

Written response

Full name and address of each parent the pupil normally lives with

Required

List each relevant parent’s full name and address. Complete for the current details and, where applicable, the details following an address change.

Written response

Emergency telephone number for a parent the pupil normally lives with

Required

Enter at least one telephone number by which a relevant parent can be contacted in an emergency.

Written response

5. Address change details

New address where the pupil will normally live

Complete only where a parent has notified the school that the pupil will normally live at another address, whether in addition to or instead of the current address.

Written response

Full name of each parent the pupil will normally live with at the new address

Complete with the address-change record.

Written response

Date the pupil will start normally living at the new address

Complete with the address-change record.

Day
Month
Year

6. Destination or other-school details

Name of other school

Complete where a person with control of the pupil’s attendance has told the school that the pupil is or will be attending another school, including an off-site direction case.

Written response

Address of other school, if held

Complete where this information is held or is relevant to the local-authority deletion return.

Written response

Date the pupil began or will begin attending the other school

Complete where the pupil is or will be attending another school.

Day
Month
Year

Future address and parent details, if applicable

For a deletion return, record the pupil’s future address and the full name and address of the parent with whom the pupil is going to live, where applicable.

Written response

7. Removal and deletion reason

Applicable reason for deleting the pupil’s name

Complete only when the pupil’s name is being deleted. Select the applicable regulation 9 reason and record the precise basis in the notes field.

Choose one

  • Pupil transferred to another school
  • Pupil moved to another address
  • Pupil ceased to be registered at the school for another applicable reason
  • Pupil is over compulsory school age and the applicable conditions for deletion are met
  • Other applicable regulation 9 ground

Deletion-reason details and evidence

State the precise reason, relevant facts, dates and any checks or evidence supporting the applicable deletion ground. Do not retrospectively delete the pupil’s name.

Written response

Date the pupil’s name was deleted from the admission register

Complete only when the name has been deleted. Attendance should be recorded up to the deletion date, and the register should not be altered retrospectively.

Day
Month
Year

8. Local-authority return

Is a local-authority return required or requested?

Required

A return is required for an addition or removal outside standard transition times; the local authority may extend this requirement or request information in other circumstances.

Choose one

  • Required for an addition or removal outside standard transition times
  • Requested by the local authority
  • Required because the local authority has extended the requirement to standard transition times
  • Not required for this event
  • To be confirmed with the local authority

Local authority

Enter the name of the relevant local authority.

Written response

Local-authority return due date

For a New Pupil Return, calculate the due date as within 5 days of adding the pupil’s name, unless the applicable exception or local-authority request changes the requirement.

Day
Month
Year

Date the local-authority return was submitted

Complete when the return has been sent or otherwise made to the local authority.

Day
Month
Year

Return method and reference

Record the submission method and any local-authority reference or confirmation number.

Written response

Information supplied to the local authority

Summarise the admission-register information supplied, including any pupil, address, parent, destination and deletion-reason details relevant to the return.

Written response

Outstanding confirmation or follow-up

Record any outstanding local-authority confirmation, register amendment, information request, transfer action or other follow-up, with the responsible person and target date.

Written response

I have checked that the recorded admission-register information is accurate for the relevant date

Required

Confirm only after checking the applicable register entry, dates and supporting record.

  • Tick when complete
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