Admissions

Come and visit us

If you are interested in your child attending our school, you are welcome to come in and visit us. You can arrange a visit on 01803 782469 or by emailing the school at adminstokegabriel@thelink.academy  Our Administrator, Leanne will be happy to help with your query.

Applying to come here

Once you decide you would like a place in the main intake into Reception (we call this the normal round) or at any other time after this, you must make a formal application. You can do this by applying to the Local Authority and not direct to the school.

A fresh application must be made for children who are attending our Nursery/Preschool (delete either Nursery or Preschool . Applications for Nursery/Preschool places are made direct to the school. Please see further information on our Nursery/Preschool page.

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, even if they intend to defer admission until later in the academic year.

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/admissionsonline or by using the forms available at http://devon.cc/applicationforms There is an appeals process if an application is refused; this 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.

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 from the start of Reception through to Year 6.

When and how to apply for your child to start in the reception year at a primary or infant school or in year 3 at a junior school.

• Your child must be in full-time education at the beginning of the term following his or her fifth birthday. If your child was born between 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021 they are due to start primary school in September 2025.
• If your child is currently in year 2 at an infant school in Devon, they are due to transfer to junior school in September 2025
• Applications for starting primary or junior school in September 2025 open on 15 November 2024 and close on 15 January 2025.

The date that all allocations of school places are announced in England is known as ‘Offer day’. For September 2025 primary school starters this will be on 16 April 2025. More information can be found on the Offer day tab.

Applications for your child to start in year 7 at secondary school in September 2025 opened on 1 September 2024 and will close on 31 October 2024.

Applications for your child to start in year 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 also open between these dates.

The date that all allocations of school places are announced in England is known as ‘Offer day’. For September 2025 secondary school starters this will be on 3 March 2025.

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.