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Secondary school admissions

School admissions for entry in September 2008

These pages are designed to help you if your child is due to transfer from primary to secondary education in September 2008. They explain how we deal with applications and enable you to apply for a school place online by using our secondary school admissions application form. The 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 2008’.

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 2008 was 24 October 2007. 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
• Complete and submit an application form (you may apply for up to three schools and rank them in priority order).