The Department for Education and Skills published the new code lastweek.
From February, schools will be required to outlaw unfair admissionspractices.
Local authorities will have to enforce the code. Sarah Gentles,education manager for charity Shaftesbury Homes & Arethusa, said: "I'mworried they will only do the minimum." But she added: "I am pleasedthere will be more equality in terms of access and that selectioninterviews will be abolished."
Lorraine Peterson, chief executive of nasen, which was the NationalAssociation of Special Educational Needs, said it was too early to tellwhat difference the code would make. "While we have a culture of leaguetables it is possible that pupils with special educational needs willstill have difficulty accessing schools," she said.
- www.dfes.gov.uk/sacode.
