If you wish your child to join the College once the academic year has commenced, please contact the appropriate Office after reading the Admission Arrangements document - see link below:

Exmouth Community College Academy Trust is the admissions authority, responsible for the admissions policies and decisions on applications for admission. We have an admissions policy for each academic year. They are written to comply with the School Admissions Code and School Admissions Appeals Code. We take part in the co-ordinated admissions schemes of Devon County Council.

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 01395 264761or by emailing michaela.savage@exmouthcollege.devon.sch.uk who will be able to discuss admission with you. 

Applying to come here

Once you decide you would like a place 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 not moving on from our Year 11 to Post-16 education in Year 12 here. Applications for Post-16 places are made direct to the school. Please see further information on our Post-16 website page.  Application form here

For the Normal Round intake into school, children are offered places to start in Year 7 at the beginning of the September term. Children who are admitted to a vacancy at any time after this point are called 'In-Year' Admissions. 

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  

The appeals process 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 

Important Admissions Information

Devon County Council no longer write to all families inviting applicants to apply.

It is important you make your application by visiting www.devon.gov.uk/admissionsonline or by contacting them on 0345 155 1019 to request a hard copy application form.

It is important that if you wish to apply for a place at our school, you complete the application form by midnight on the 31^st October.

If you have any queries about the admissions process, then please contact the team using the details below.

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 Year 7 through to Post 16.

School admissions policy 2024-25

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

• 2024 admissions policy
• 2024 admission policy sixth form

School admissions arrangements 2026-27 under consultation

We will consult on our school admissions policies between 9 November 2024 and 10 January 2025. You are invited to review the school policy below and submit any feedback at http://www.devon.gov.uk/admissionarrangements

After the consultation, we will determine the policy at a meeting of the admissions authority held before the end of February 2024.