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Secondary school admissions for entry in September 2009

These pages are designed to help you if your child is due to transfer from primary to secondary education in September 2009. They explain how we deal with applications and enable you apply online to for a school place. This information and application form is also available in hard copy as a booklet entitled 'The Next Step - a parent’s guide to secondary school admissions in September 2009', which you can download from our secondary school admissions documents page.

Help and advice is available from the Council’s School Admissions Team on 01752 307469. Independent advice is available from ACE (Advisory Centre for Education) on their help line 0808 800 5793 and also from the Choice Advisor located at the Parent Partnership Service on 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 is 17 October 2008. 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 secondary education in Plymouth
• Visit our parent's guide page to read the guidance about secondary school admissions.
• Apply online
• Complete and submit a paper application form which you can download from our secondary school admissions documents page (you may apply for up to three schools and rank them in priority order).