Please contact Mrs Brocksom (admissions@stncs.uk) for information about joining our school.
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Admissions

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If you are interested in your child joining the school/college/academy, please contact Mrs Brocksom, Senior Administrator by emailing admissions@stncs.uk or phoning 01392 445403 to discuss what we have to offer and to arrange a visit. 

Once you decide you would like a place you must make a formal application.

How to apply 

Most children join our school/college/academy at the normal round, the main intake into school from the start of September in Reception. As a parent, you can apply for a place to the Local Authority.  There are different options for parents of children starting school in Reception. This includes part-time education and deferring or delaying admission until later in the Reception year or, for children with birthdays in the summer term, to the following September. Come and talk to us if you are considering this.  Do come and talk with us if you are interested in a place in a different year group for any reason.  

For questions about your child joining the school or the admissions process in general, please do not hesitate to contact the school direct or contact Plymouth CAST by email to Rose Colpus-Fricker (Chief Operating Officer) admin@plymouthcast.org.uk 

If you are interested in your child joining the school in-year (once the academic year has started), you can apply for a place through the relevant Local Authority. Our application form is below.  

There is a right of appeal and to a place on a waiting list for places where an application is refused.  

Admission Arrangements 

Plymouth CAST is the admissions authority for our school. It has responsibility for the admissions policies and decisions on applications for admission. We have an admissions policy for each academic year, and they will be published on this page when they are proposed for consultation and after they have been determined annually. They are written to comply with the School Admissions Code 2021 and School Admissions Appeals Code 2022.   

Our Admissions Policies 

You can find our admissions policies below - we review the school policy annually and may make changes if we feel this would be in the best interests of the school and our community. Each academic year has its own policy document, with details about how to apply for a place in school.

 School admissions policy 2023-24 

See our determined policy below.  If you have any comments regarding the policy, you can contact us at admin@plymouthcast.org.uk

School admissions policy 2024-25 

See our determined policy below.   If you have any comments regarding the policy, you can contact us at admin@plymouthcast.org.uk

School Admissions Policy 2025-26 
See our determined policy below.  If you have any comments regarding the policy, you can contact us at admin@plymouthcast.org.uk

The Local Authority 

We take part in the co-ordinated admissions schemes of Devon County Council. Devon County Council publishes information about admissions and its own policies to support the admissions application and appeals process. This is at www.devon.gov.uk/admissions  

Applications can be made online at www.devon.gov.uk/admissionsonline or by using the forms available at http://devon.cc/applicationforms    

The appeals process is detailed at www.devon.gov.uk/school-appeals 

The Admissions Appeals Timetable 2024 

Appeals at the normal round of admissions will be heard within 40 school days of the deadline for lodging appeals on 31 May 2024. Where the application was not made in time for a decision to be made on 16 April 2024, they will be heard within that 40-day period or, if that is not possible, within 30 days of the appeal being lodged. In-year admission appeals must be heard within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged. 

 

Appeals at the normal round of admissions will be heard within 40 school days of the deadline for lodging appeals on 31 March 2024. Where the application was not made in time for a decision to be made on 1 March 2023, they will be heard within that 40-day period or, if that is not possible, within 30 days of the appeal being lodged. In-year admission appeals must be heard within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged.