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 Schools Admission Arrangements 2026/2027
We consulted on our school admissions policies between 15 November 2024 and 10 January 2025. Trustees determined the admissions arrangements for 2026/2027 at a meeting on 26 January 2025. The details of admissions for each school can be found by clicking on the links below.
South Dartmoor Community College
Plymouth Schools Admission Arrangements 2026/2027
We consulted on our admission arrangements for 2026/2027 for our Plymouth schools through Plymouth City Council between 2 December 2024 and 12 January 2025. Trustees determined the admissions arrangements for 2026/2027 at a meeting on 26 January 2025. The details of admissions for each school can be found by clicking on the links below.
Plympton St Maurice Primary School
North Cornwall Schools Admission Arrangements 2026/2027
We consulted on our admissions arrangements for our schools located in North Cornwall between 2 December 2024 and Sunday 12 January 2025. Trustees determined the admissions arrangements for 2026/2027 at a meeting on 26 January 2025. The details of admissions for each school can be found by clicking on the links below.
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