Admissions, transport and relevant areas consultation

November 2024 to January 2025

Devon County Council is responsible for coordinating applications for admission to all state-funded schools in its area. Find out more information about the process and how it works.

Arrangements have previously been determined for this year (2024/25) and for next year (2025/26). We are now consulting on arrangements for the following year, 2026/27.

The consultation includes:

• Devon’s normal round co-ordination scheme – including how to apply for a place at the start of reception and at secondary transfer
• Devon’s in-year co-ordinated admissions scheme – how to apply for a place in any school year group that has already opened
• Devon’s fair access arrangements – what happens when children can’t access suitable education
• the school policies of all of Devon’s mainstream, state-funded schools and academies – how many places are available at each school and what happens when a school is oversubscribed, oversubscription criteria, and school catchment area maps
• the school policies of academies in other local authority areas, supported by the Devon School Admissions Service:

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole:

• Christ the King Catholic Primary School
• St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Poole
• St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Poole

Cornwall:

• Jacobstow Community Academy
• Marhamchurch Church of England Primary Academy
• St John’s Catholic Primary School, Camborne
• St Mark’s Church of England School, Morwenstow
• St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Bodmin
• St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Falmouth
• St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Penzance

Dorset:

• Charmouth Primary School
• Chickerell Primary Academy
• Loders Church of England Primary Academy
• Marshwood Church of England Primary Academy
• Portesham Church of England Primary School
• St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School
• St Catherine’s Roman Catholic School, Bridport
• St Mary and St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School
• St Mary’s Catholic First School, Dorchester
• St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Marnhull
• St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Swanage
• Thorncombe, St Mary’s Church of England Primary Academy

Plymouth:

• All Saints Church of England Academy
• Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
• Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School
• Lipsom Co-operative Academy
• Marine Academy Plymouth
• Marine Academy Primary
• Mary Dean’s Church of England Primary School
• Notre Dame RC School
• Old Priory Junior Academy
• Plympton St Mary’s CofE Infant School
• St Boniface Catholic College
• St Budeaux CofE Primary Academy
• St Edward’s Church of England Primary School and Nursery
• St George’s Church of England Primary Academy
• St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Plymouth
• St Matthew’s Church of England Primary and Nursery Academy
• St Paul’s Roman Catholic Primary School
• St Peter’s Church of England Primary School
• St Peter’s Roman Catholic Primary School
• The Cathedral School of St Mary
• Tor Bridge High

Somerset:

• Bishop’s Hull Primary School
• Court Fields School
• Holyrood Academy
• Isambard Kingdom Brunel Primary School
• Neroche Primary School
• Orchard Grove Primary School
• The Castle School
• Wellesley Park Primary School

Torbay:

• All Saints Babbacombe Church of England Primary School
• Brixham Church of England Primary School
• Collaton St Mary Church of England Primary School
• Ellacombe Church of England Academy
• Galmpton Church of England Primary School
• Ilsham Church of England Academy
• Oldway Primary School
• Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Primary School
• Priory Catholic Primary School
• Roselands Primary School
• Scared Heart Catholic Primary School
• Shiphay Learning Academy
• St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School
• St Marychurch Church of England Primary School
• St Michael’s Church of England Academy
• Torre Church of England Academy
• Upton St James Primary School
• Warberry Church of England Academy

You can view these proposed policies:

• Admissions policies for individual schools
• Admissions and transport policies – Local Authority

The catchment areas for schools are published here.

A list of all schools, their proposed published admission number and the changes that are proposed is available here.

The consultation period takes place between 9 November 2024 and 10 January 2025. All arrangements must comply with the Department for Education’s School Admissions Code. You can comment on any of the proposals by emailing schoolsadmissionpolicy-mailbox@devon.gov.uk or by writing to Admissions Policy Consultation, Room L60, County Hall, Exeter EX2 4QG or by email or letter to the school or schools you would like to comment on.

The admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools are proposed and determined by Devon County Council as the admissions authority. Voluntary aided, foundation, free schools and academies are their own admission authorities.

Admission authorities must determine their arrangements by 28 February 2025 and publish them by 15 March 2025. We will publish all final policies as quickly as we can once we receive them.

If you think that any maintained school or academy’s arrangements are unlawful or not in compliance with the School Admissions Code or law relating to admissions, you can make an objection to the Schools Adjudicator through the GOV.UK website. You have until 15 May to contact the adjudicator if you have an objection.

Admissions Relevant Areas

We also consult on the geographical area within which the admission consultation must take place. More information about the Relevant Areas consultation is available here.

Education Transport Policy

A consultation on home to school transport policy will also take place between 9 November 2024 and 10 January 2025. The new policy will be determined by 28 February 2025 and published here.