Admission arrangements

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Co-ordinated Admissions Schemes
Admission arrangements for community and voluntary-controlled schools 2026/27
Admission arrangements for academy, foundation, trust and voluntary-aided schools 2026/27
Admission arrangements for community and voluntary-controlled schools 2025/26
Admission arrangements for community and voluntary-controlled schools 2025/26

Cornwall Council is the admission authority for:

community schools; and
voluntary-controlled schools.

This means it must set the admission arrangements for these schools.

All other schools are responsible for setting and publishing their own admission arrangements. These schools are:

academies
free schools
foundation schools
trust schools
voluntary-aided schools

The academy trust or governing body is the admission authority for the school. They must publish their arrangements on their school website.

Cornwall Council also sets a Co-ordinated Admissions Scheme annually. The Council must co-ordinate applications to all state-funded schools in Cornwall. The schemes set out the processes that the Council will follow.

Co-ordinated Admissions Schemes

The Co-ordinated Admissions Schemes describe the way that Cornwall Council manages the allocation of places at schools in Cornwall and how it lets parents and carers know which school place their child has been allocated.

Schemes for the normal admissions round (starting school, transferring to Year 7 in a secondary school and from an infant to a junior school):

Co-ordinated Admissions Scheme 2026/27

Co-ordinated Admissions Scheme 2025/26

Schemes for in-year admissions:

Co-ordinated In-year Admissions Scheme 2025/26

Admission arrangements for community and voluntary-controlled schools 2026/27

Admission Arrangements for Community and Voluntary-Controlled Primary Schools 2026-27

The Admission Arrangements for Richard Lander School will be dependent on whether or not the new North Coast Secondary School will open in September 2026. There are two versions of the arrangements: Version A if the new school is confirmed as opening in September 2026 and Version B if it is not. The new school opening will affect Richard Lander School's designated area and feeder schools, as can be seen in the two versions of the arrangements:

Admission Arrangements for Richard Lander School 2026/27 Version A

Admission Arrangements for Richard Lander School 2026/27 Version B

The arrangements apply to the following schools: