Secondary school admissions for entry in September 2010

These pages are designed to help you if your child is due to transfer from primary to secondary education in September 2010. They explain how we deal with applications and enable you fill in an online application form for a school place. This information and an 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 2010'.

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 closing date for applications for admissions in September 2010 is 16 October 2009. 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 an online application form or submit a paper application form (you may apply for up to three schools and rank them in priority order).

If you applied online:

• and you need to amend your personal details or view your application, you can do so by signing back in to the online application form and clicking the view/edit button up until the closing date for applications. After the closing date the system will not accept new applications or changes to applications previously submitted.
• by the published closing date, you will receive an email confirming the school place allocation on 1 March 2010 during the morning.
• you can sign into the online application form from 1 March 2010 and by clicking the view/edit button, view the school place allocated under the 'status' field.

If you applied for a school place by paper application:

• and you need to amend your personal details of your application, you must do so in writing. You can amend your application up until the closing date for applications. If you apply for a school place by the published closing date, your notification letter, confirming the school allocated to your child will be posted to you.