Please contact the school office on 01884 253630 to make an appointment.
Visit us
If you are interested in your child joining the school, please contact us to discuss what we have to offer and to arrange a visit.
Once you decide you would like a place you must make a formal application.
How to apply
Most children join our school at the normal round, the main intake into school from the start of September in Reception / Year 7. As a parent, you can apply for a place to the Local Authority. There are different options for parents of children starting school in Reception. This includes part-time education and deferring or delaying admission until later in the Reception year or, for children with birthdays in the summer term, to the following September. Come and talk to us if you are considering this. Do come and talk with us if you are interested in a place in a different year group for any reason.
For questions about your child joining the school or the admissions process in general, please do not hesitate to contact the school direct or contact Plymouth CAST by email to Rose Colpus-Fricker (Chief Operating Officer) admin@plymouthcast.org.uk
If you are interested in your child joining the school in-year (once the academic year has started), you can apply for a place through the relevant Local Authority.
There is a right of appeal and to a place on a waiting list for places where an application is refused.
Admission Arrangements
Plymouth CAST is the admissions authority for our school. It has responsibility for the admissions policies and decisions on applications for admission. We have an admissions policy for each academic year, and they will be published on this page when they are proposed for consultation and after they have been determined annually. They are written to comply with the School Admissions Code 2021 and School Admissions Appeals Code 2022.
Our Admissions Policies
You can find our admissions policies below - we review the school policy annually and may make changes if we feel this would be in the best interests of the school and our community. Each academic year has its own policy document, with details about how to apply for a place in school.
School admissions policy 2025-26
See our determined policy below. If you have any comments regarding the policy, you can contact us at admin@plymouthcast.org.uk
School admissions policy 2026-27
See our determined policy below. If you have any comments regarding the policy, you can contact us at admin@plymouthcast.org.uk
School admissions policy 2027-28
See the policy below. This will be open for comment during a public consultation between 15 December 2025 and 31 January 2026. If you have any comments regarding the policy, you can contact us at admin@plymouthcast.org.uk.
The policy will be determined by our admissions authority before the end of February and published here by 15 March 2026.
For the Normal Round intake into school, children are offered places to start in Reception at the beginning of the September term after their fourth birthday. Children who are admitted to a vacancy at any time after this point are called 'In-Year' Admissions.
The Local Authority
Devon County Council publishes information about admissions and its own policies to support the admissions application and appeals process. This is at www.devon.gov.uk/admissions
Applications can be made online at www.devon.gov.uk/admissionsonlineor by using the forms available at http://devon.cc/applicationforms
The appeals process is detailed at www.devon.gov.uk/school-appeals
For questions about your child joining the school or just about the admissions process in general, please don’t hesitate to contact the school direct or contact Devon School Admissions Service on 0345 155 1019 or by email to admissions@devon.gov.uk.