Cedar Tree
Federation
Admissions
September 2024 Admissions
If your child is due to start school in September 2024 and you wish to visit the school we have the following open days:
- Saturday 4th November between 10am - 12pm.
Please contact the school office on 01392 467984 or email pinhoe-office@cedartreefederation.org to book a space.
Online applications should be made on the Devon County Website at
www.devon.gov.uk/admissions from November 2023 or speak to the Admissions department on
0345 155 1019
In year and Foundation Year Admissions
Thank you for your interest in our school. If you are interested in your child becoming a pupil at Pinhoe, please refer to our Admissions policy in the first instance.
For prospective enquiries, school tours or a conversation with our Headteacher, please contact the school office and ask to speak to Angela Blagdon, Senior Administrator on 01392 467984.
Subject to available places, the school can accommodate in year admissions in some year groups at present. Formal application should be made through the Devon County Council Admissions Team on 0345 155 1019.
Nursery Admissions
Although our nursery is a governor led setting and part of our school community, a place at the nursery does not automatically mean a place is secured at the school.
Please contact our Senior Administrator, Ms Angela Blagdon, for further information about a place at the nursery.
All parents/carers with a child attending the nursery, should apply for a school place at the correct time, following the School Place Application Guidance for the Local Education Authority.
2024-25 Admissions Policy
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2026-27 Admissions Policy
School admissions policy 2026-27
We will consult on an admissions policy between November 2024 and 10 January 2025. If you have any comments regarding the policy we propose, you can contact us at the school or schoolsadmissionpolicy-mailbox@devon.gov.uk
From November, you can view this policy on http://devon.cc/schoolpolicy
After the consultation, we will determine the policy at a meeting of the admissions authority held before the end of February 2025. Once determined, the policy will be updated online by 15 March 2025.
Objections can be made up to 15 May 2025 to the Office of the Schools' Adjudicator.
Application Declined
Detailed information about the appeals process, including the Online Admissions Appeal Form, can be found at
https://www.devon.gov.uk/educationandfamilies/school-information/apply-for-a-school-place/school-appeals
- You have the right to an admissions appeal that is independent of the school if your application for admission is refused. This is for any refusal except where a child has been permanently excluded from school twice (the most recent having been within the last 2 years). Appeals are scheduled within statutory timescales, up to 40 school days after the LA deadline for submitting appeals: 31 May 2024. Where they are submitted later, they are heard within 30 school days of being submitted. .
- Your child’s name will automatically be added to our waiting list and will stay on there until the end of the academic year. You can reapply then if you want to remain on a waiting list.
- If your application was for in-year admissions – that’s at any time after the start of the Reception year – then the Local Authority will consider whether your child is eligible for consideration under its Fair Access Protocol. In certain circumstances, this may mean the LA will allocate a place in a school even when it would otherwise be full. You can speak to the LA Admissions Team about this; normally this would only be for a child who doesn’t already have access to education and where there is no reasonable alternative. This Protocol does not apply for the normal round of admissions to the start of the Reception year.