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 Admissions Arrangements 2026/2027 under consultation
We will consult on our school admissions policies between 15 November 2024 and 10 January 2025. You are invited to review the school policies and submit any feedback at http://www.devon.gov.uk/admissionarrangements
After the consultation, we will determine the policies at a meeting of the Trust Admissions Authority, held before the end of February 2024.
South Dartmoor Community College
Plymouth School consultation arrangements 2026/2027 Admissions Policies
We will be consulting on our admission arrangements for 2026/2027 for our Plymouth schools through Plymouth City Council. The consultation will be live between Monday 2 December 2024 and Sunday 12 January 2025. If you wish to find out about our policy or make any comment, please visit Consultation on school admission arrangements | PLYMOUTH.GOV.UK or view the admission page of the relevant WeST School.
Plympton St Maurice Primary School
North Cornwall schools consultation arrangements 2026/2027 Admissions Policies
We will be consulting on our admissions arrangements for our schools located in North Cornwall. The consultation will be live between Monday 2 December 2024 and Sunday 12 January 2025. The arrangements for the primary schools can be found here, and those for Sir James Smith’s School here. If you wish to make any comment please visit the relevant school website, listed below, or email admin@westst.org.uk.
Otterham Community Primary School
St Breward Community Primary School
St Teath Community Primary School
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