School's admissions

This service is available to foundation schools, voluntary aided schools and academies. The team offer a comprehensive service for all school admissions. Our aim is provide a high quality support service to
enable governing bodies to fulfil their statutory responsibilities.

Co-ordination of admissions for reception, year 7 and for in year is provided to all Torbay schools without a charge.

We offer three optional, additional high quality services for schools to purchase:

Measuring only service

• Where we will measure the distance of all applicants from home to school in a straight line.

Full service

• Advise on policy matters, helping to reduce the number of challenges  to schools from parents and carers.
• Check and validate all applications, in accordance with current codes of practice.
• Verify addresses when a school is oversubscribed.
• Rank applications according to schools admission criteria.
• Prepare appeal statements, providing guidance to your school. Present appeals alongside senior school manager.
• Basic Council Tax Check for Main Round Admissions. This will consist of running a report on all main round application addresses within Torbay with a basic comparison report from council tax records held by Torbay Council. (charges apply)

We can only provide a full service where we can manage a school's admission criteria through our system. Please check if you are changing your criteria or want to buy in for the first time.

The full service is not available to VA schools.

Training

Training for admission authorities that are completing their own admissions for the first time, to include face to face and telephone support through first admission round, preparation of first appeal
statement and co-presentation of first appeal.

Benefits to your school

• Access to experienced and qualified staff with knowledge of your school and application of the school’s admissions code.
• Assurance that the process is carried out effectively, efficiently and fairly.
• The Schools Admissions and Schools Appeals Code of Practice will be adhered to.
• Reduced administration burden at the school level.

Please note: We cannot prepare and present in year appeals where a school has opted out of the in year co-ordinated scheme.