Admissions
Westcountry Schools Trust is the admission authority for our member schools. This means that the Trust is responsible for the admissions policy for each school and for decisions in response to applications for admission. The Trust delegate some of the responsibilities associated with admissions requirements to individual schools. The Trust will determine a policy for each school for each academic year after seeking the views of individual leaders in those schools and through annual public consultation where appropriate. Links to individual schools’ admission policies will be published here during consultations and updated once they have been determined. They may also be published on local authority school admission information pages and individual school websites.
Devon School consultation arrangements 2025-26 Admission Policies
Devon’s annual consultation on School Admissions Arrangements 2025/2026 is now closed.
Formal objections can be made to the School Adjudicator until 15 May 2024
Plymouth School consultation arrangements 2025-26 Admissions Policies
Plymouth’s annual consultation on School Admissions Arrangements 2025/2026 is now closed.
Formal objections can be made to the School Adjudicator until 15 May 2024
Guidance about raising a formal objection to school admissions arrangements can be found at School admission arrangements - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
For copies of the Admissions Policy information for the current year, 2024 admissions and determined 2025 admissions policies, please see individual school websites or click on the individual school links below. All policies for Devon schools can be found at: Education and skills websites - Admissions policies for individual schools - All Documents (sharepoint.com)
Primary Schools
Plympton St Maurice Primary School
Secondary Schools
South Dartmoor Community College
Co-ordinated Admissions Arrangements
Normal round admissions - our schools are located across three local authority (LA) areas: Cornwall Council, Devon County Council and Plymouth City Council. The local authorities take part in the co-ordinated admissions schemes operated across geographical areas and there is a common closing date for applications: 15 January for the first intake into Reception/Foundation classes and 31 October each year for the transition into secondary school. Normal round admissions are made to the LA wherever a child lives.
For in-year admissions – at any other time after the start of Reception/Foundation and for Year 7 - 11 – applications are made to the LA where the school is located.
For sixth-form admissions, applications are made direct to the sixth forms themselves. Local authorities are not involved in Sixth Form admissions arrangements.
Further information is available from each LA:
Cornwall: 0300 1234 101 schooladmissions@cornwall.gov.uk and at www.cornwall.gov.uk/education-and-learning/schools-and-colleges/school-admissions/
Devon: 0345 119 1015 or admissions@devon.gov.uk and at www.admissions@devon.gov.uk
Plymouth: 01752 307469 primary.admissions@plymouth.gov.uk and secondary.admissions@plymouth.gov.uk and at www.plymouth.gov.uk/childrenandfamilies/schoolseducationskillsandemployability/schooladmissions