Apply for a secondary place

Apply for your child to start in year 7 at secondary school.

You can also apply here for your child to start in year 9 or 10 at a studio school or university technical college (UTC) or at a middle or high school elsewhere in the country and for transfer into a new sixth form at year 12.

Before you apply

Before you apply we encourage you to do the following:

  • read the Step by Step guide to normal round admissions for the type of school you are applying to, including:
    • year 7 secondary school applications
    • year 10 studio school or university technical college (UTC) (or year 9 for the Atrium School) applications
    • middle or high school applications elsewhere in the country
    • transfer to a sixth form
  • read the Admissions Directory of Devon Schools
  • find out what different schools have to offer your child and, if possible, visit the schools you are interested in
  • know which school is designated for your child’s address
  • understand what equally ranked preferences mean
  • be aware of the school transport policy – it is important that you understand who will be responsible for transport before applying to a school.

You should apply to the local authority where you live. For example, if Devon County Council is your local authority, you should apply on this site, but residents of Plymouth, Torbay, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset should apply to their local authority.

We will not assume that you want a place at a particular school – even if you have an older child who already attends or you live nearby.

The Admissions Team can be contacted at secondaryschooladmissions@devon.gov.uk

Apply now

Applications closed on 31 October 2016. Applications made after this date will be considered late. Please see the ‘Late applications’ tab for information on how to make a late application.

Other application forms

Don’t forget to:

  • consider completing a ‘supplementary information form’ if there is one for the school
  • express a preference for 1, 2 or 3 schools
  • consider naming your designated school as one of your preferences
  • provide accurate and complete information.
Late applications

Applications closed on 31 October 2016.

Remember:

  • you cannot apply online after the closing date. To apply after this time please contact us on 0345 155 1019 or complete the D-CAF 3 application form
  • if your application is late, places at the schools you prefer may already have been filled – no places are held in reserve
  • if your application is late you may be responsible for transport to and from a school further away from your home.
Offer day

If you applied online we will email your child’s offer of a school place on Wednesday 1 March 2017. Please make sure your email address is kept up to date.

You can also log into your online account from 1 March to find out which school has been offered.

If you applied by post we will send a letter by second class post on 1 March.

We will offer your child one secondary school place. If a place was available at more than one of your preferences, the offer will be for the school which was your highest preference. If none of your preferred schools could offer a place, we will make an offer at another school. This may be the school designated for your address if it has a vacancy remaining or the closest school to your child’s home with a vacancy.

If you apply for a new school due to open in September 2017, any offer will be conditional on confirmation that it will open. This will be, for instance, once the Department for Education agrees a funding agreement for the school. Where there is a conditional offer, we will also make an offer for another established school as a back up for you. That offer will be withdrawn on confirmation that the new school will open. Further information will be available here soon.

What happens next

If you are happy with the school place offered  to your child you do not need to do anything else.

If you are not happy with the offer find out how to appeal for a school place.