Admissions

If you would like your child to attend St Martin’s C of E Primary School please contact Devon County Council’s Admissions Team. Applications can be made online at www.devon.gov.uk/admissionsonline or by using the forms available at http://devon.cc/applicationforms. 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 us, either in our main intake into Reception or at any other time, please do come along and visit us. Appointments to visit the school can be made with a member of the Senior Leadership Team by contacting the school on 01404 515409.

If we can make a place available to you then we will. If not, you would have the right to appeal to a panel that is independent of the school and we would place your child’s name on a waiting list for vacancies.

We have our own admissions policy because we are a Voluntary Aided school and have responsibility for admissions decisions. Our policy is reviewed every year – we take part in the Council’s annual consultation in December and January and welcome the views of our local community.

If we have a vacancy then all children are welcome to join us. If we are oversubscribed, we still welcome all children but give priority to particular groups.

Admissions policy for 2024-25

This policy was part of the Devon County Council organised consultation held between 1 November 2022 and 6 January 2023. The policy was determined (approved) by the Governing board on 6 February 2023 and can be viewed below.

Admissions policy for 2025-26

This policy was part of the Devon County Council organised consultation held between November 2023 and January 2024. It was determined (approved) by the Governing Board on 5th February 2024 and can be viewed below. 

Admissions Policy for 2026-27

This policy was approved as Determined at the Ventrus Academy Trust's Board Meeting on 29th January 2025 

School Appeals Process

Please find information on the Devon school admissions appeals process at www.devon.gov.uk/school-appeals. For in-year admissions in any academic year, appeals must be heard within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged.

Admissions to the Nursery

Admissions to the Nursery are managed by the Nursery Administrator under a separate policy. This policy must be read in conjunction to the Nursery Terms and Conditions document. These can be viewed by the links below:

St. Martin’s offers nursery places to children from the term of their third birthday. A nursery application form is located below.