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School Admissions
Welcome to information on school admissions for children who live in Devon. If your child lives in another local authority area - including Plymouth City Council or Torbay Council – you should access information on their websites as some may differ slightly. For contact details for other local authorities go to Direct.gov or here for our neighbours.
If you would like your child to attend an academy or maintained school, you have to make an application for admission. Neither the local authority nor the school (when we say school it will also mean academy) will assume that you want a place and reserve one for you even if you have an older child at the school or live next to the school. Everybody has to apply and the local authority has a legal duty to manage applications for admission in order to make the process as fair and straightforward as possible. We do this through our Co-ordinated Admissions Schemes which enable all parents to apply for a school place at the right time.
The application facilities for entry into Secondary school year 7 in September 2012 and Primary School Reception in the academic year 2012/13 have now closed.
If you wish to apply you must contact the Education Helpline on 0845 155 1019 as soon as possible- late applications will be accepted but cannot be considered above timely ones where schools are oversubscribed.
In Year Admissions
For applications to be admitted to any school at any other time, the in-year application form is available here (193KB - pdf help).
Find out more
- Why apply for a School Place?
- When should I apply for a School Place?
- How do I apply for a School Place?
- School Appeals
- Admission Arrangements
- Local Admissions Forum
- School Designated Area Maps
Contact Us
If you have any feedback or comments please complete the online enquiry form.
For enquiries about particular secondary schools, please use the detailed admissions team contacts list.
For general enquiries, please contact us using the information below: