Primary school admissions 2009

This information relates to school admissions for entry in September 2009 to January 2010. The information is designed to help you if your child is due to start primary school in September 2009 or January 2010. It explains how we deal with applications and enables you to apply for a school place by using our application form.

The information is also available in a booklet entitled 'Starting School in Plymouth - a parent’s guide to primary school admissions in 2009 to 2010'. The booklet contains a paper application form. Booklets are available from your local primary school or pre-school. Alternatively please contact us and we will send you a copy.

Help and advice is available from the Council’s School Admissions Team on telephone 01752 307166. Independent advice is available from the Advisory Centre for Education (ACE) on their helpline, telephone 0808 800 5793 and also from the Parent Partnership Service on telephone 01752 258933 or email: parent.partnership@plymouth.gov.uk.

The Government has published a Code of Practice on school admissions which explains the good practice guidelines that we follow.

The deadline for applications for admissions in September 2009 to January 2010 was 9 January 2009. It is in your best interest to ensure that we receive your application on time. Whilst we are happy to accept late applications we may not be able to deal with them alongside, or in exactly the same way, as those submitted on time and many of the schools may have already been filled by those applicants who applied on time.

What to do now

• Find out more about primary education in Plymouth
• Visit our Parents Guide pages to read the guidance about primary school admissions
• Complete and submit an application form as soon as possible (you may apply for up to three schools and rank them in priority order)

School place allocations

If you applied for a school place by the published closing date, your notification letter, confirming the school allocated to your child will be posted on 27 March 2009. This means that you will not receive the letter until after 27 March 2009.

If you applied online:

• and you need to amend your personal details or view your application, you can do so by signing back into the online system and clicking the view/edit button. The system will not accept new applications or changes to applications previously submitted.
• we hope to release emails to parents/carers confirming school place allocations on 27 March 2009.
• it should be possible to sign into the online system from 27 March 2009 and by clicking the view/edit button, view the school place allocated under the 'status' field.