Come and visit us 

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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 if you can.  

You can contact the school office on 01271 863463 or via emailing parentsupport@ilfracombe-jun.devon.sch.uk 

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Once you decide you would like a place you must make a formal application. A fresh application must then be made for children who are moving on from our Year 6 to Year 7.

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How to apply 

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Most children join our school at the normal round, the main intake into school from the start of September in Year 3. As a parent, you can apply for a place to the Local Authority.  

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Do come and talk with us if you are interested in a place in a different year group for any reason.  

Applications for residents of Devon are made between 1 September and 31 October for secondary schools at www.devon.gov.uk/admissionsonline  

Applications for residents of Devon are made between 15 November and 15 January for primary schools at www.devon.gov.uk/admissionsonline. 

If your child lives in another LA, including Cornwall, Dorset, Plymouth, Somerset, and Torbay you should apply through that council. The closing dates are the same nationally.  

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  Devon publishes guides to the admissions process: the Step by Step Guide and the In-Year Guide at http://devon.cc/prospectus  

 

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 Devon County Council at www.devon.gov.uk/admissionsonline  

 

There is a right of appeal and to a place on a waiting list for places where an application is refused.  

 

Admission Arrangements 

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• Parent Privacy Notice   

• Student Privacy Notice 

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Devon County Council 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.  

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The Local Authority 

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We take part in the co-ordinated admissions schemes of Devon County Council. 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 

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Applications can be made online at www.devon.gov.uk/admissionsonline or by using the forms available at http://devon.cc/applicationforms   

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The appeals process is detailed at www.devon.gov.uk/school-appeals 

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Our Admissions Policies 

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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. 

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Each academic year has its own policy document, with details about how to apply for a place in school from the start of Year 3 through to Year 6. 

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School admissions policy 2022-23 

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See our determined policy below.  If you have any comments regarding the policy, you can contact us at the school or schoolsadmissionpolicy-mailbox@devon.gov.uk.    

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The following amendments were made in August 2021 to the determined policy for 2022-23 to comply with the revised School Admissions Code 2021: priority for children adopted from state care outside England was added to oversubscription criterion 1; wording added to reflect that decisions on in-year admissions must be sent to a parent within 15 school days; provision added for Hard to Place children; advice added regarding applications for overseas children. 

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• 2022 admissions policy.pdf 

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School admissions policy 2023-24 

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See our determined policy below.  If you have any comments regarding the policy, you can contact us at the school or schoolsadmissionpolicy-mailbox@devon.gov.uk.    

Amendments? 

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• 2023 admissions policy.pdf 

 

School admissions policy 2024-25 

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See the policy below. If you have any comments regarding the policy, you can contact us at the school or schoolsadmissionpolicy-mailbox@devon.gov.uk.    

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The Admissions Appeals Timetable 2024 

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Appeals at the normal round of admissions will be heard within 40 school days of the deadline for lodging appeals on 31 May 2024. Where the application was not made in time for a decision to be made on 16 April 2024, they will be heard within that 40-day period or, if that is not possible, within 30 days of the appeal being lodged. In-year admission appeals must be heard within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged. 

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