Primary school admissions for entry in the 2012 to 2013 academic year

These pages are designed to help you if your child is due to start primary school for the first time in the 2012 to 2013 academic year.

If your child is already at primary school and you wish to transfer to another primary school you and you will need to read the in-year admission information.

The primary school admission pages explain how we deal with applications and allows you to fill in an online application form.

The Parent's Guide contains everything that you need to know about applying for a school place. The guide is also available in hard copy for those who are unable to access the Internet. If you need a hard copy, please contact the School Admissions Team.

Help and advice is available from our School Admissions Team on 01752 307166. Independent advice is available from the Advisory Centre for Education (ACE) helpline on 0808 800 5793 and also from the Plymouth Parent Partnership on 01752 258933 or email parent.partnership@plymouth.gov.uk.

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

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 - the Plymouth schools directory gives details about our schools.
• Read our Parent's Guide pages for guidance about primary school admissions.
• Complete and submit an application form. You can fill in an online application form up to 15 January 2012. After that date, you will need to complete a paper application form, which you can download from the application forms page. You may apply for up to three schools and rank them in priority order.

If you applied online

• You will receive an email to confirm registration to the online system.
• If you need to amend your personal details or view your application, you can do so by signing back into 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.
• You will receive an email confirming receipt of your online application form.
• You will receive an email confirming the school place allocation on 20 April 2012 during the morning. This will be followed by confirmation in writing.
• You can sign into the online application form from 20 April 2012 and by clicking the view/edit button, you can view the school place allocated under the 'status' field.
• You can make your response to the allocation online (closing date for responses is 4 May 2012).

If you applied by paper application

• If you need to amend your personal details or your application, you must do so in writing. You can amend your application up until the closing date for application.
• 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 on 20 April 2012. This means that you will not receive the letter until after 20 April 2012.
• You can make your response to the allocation using the form enclosed with your notification letter (closing date for responses is 4 May 2012).