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Admission arrangements 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.

The Co-ordinated Scheme for 2025/26 will be published here by 1 January 2024.

Admission arrangements for community and voluntary-controlled schools 2025/26

The admission arrangements for community and voluntary-controlled schools will be published here by 1 March 2024. 

Consultation on the admission arrangements for Flushing C of E School is being undertaken between 30 October 2023 and 8 December 2023 - see details below.

The arrangements apply to the following schools:

Infant and primary schools:

  • Bosvigo School
  • Burraton School
  • Calstock CP School
  • Cubert School
  • Devoran School
  • Flushing CE Primary School
  • Fourlanesend CP School
  • Goonhavern Primary School
  • Gorran School
  • Kea CP School
  • Marlborough School
  • Mylor Bridge CP School
  • Penpol School
  • Perran-ar-worthal CP School
  • St Erme with Trispen CP School
  • St Germans Primary School
  • St Mary’s C of E School, Truro
  • St Neot CP School
  • St Stephens (Saltash) Community Primary School
  • Stithians CP School
  • Stoke Climsland School
  • Torpoint Nursery and Infant School

Junior schools:

  • Carbeile Junior School
  • St Ives Junior School

Secondary school:

  • Richard Lander School

Consultation on Cornwall Council’s admission arrangements for Flushing C of E School

Cornwall Council is undertaking statutory consultation, in line with the Admissions Code 2021, on the admission arrangements for Flushing C of E School from 2025/26, specifically a proposal to reduce the Published Admission Number (PAN).  We are consulting with parents and carers, schools and other relevant parties.

Comments are invited on the proposed reduction to the PAN which is explained below.

The draft arrangements can be viewed here:

C/VC School Admission Arrangements 2025/26Proposed change to Flushing C of E Primary School’s Published Admission Number

The Published Admission Number (PAN) is the number of pupils that a school will admit up to for its new intake.  It is proposed to reduce the PAN for Flushing C of E School to nine from twelve.  This is to better reflect the school’s physical capacity which cannot support continued admissions up to twelve each year.  An assessment of the school’s physical space indicates that it can take a maximum of nine children in the reception class in September each year.  

No other changes to the school’s admission arrangements are proposed.

What does the proposed change mean in practice?

Places in reception would be allocated up to the PAN of nine.  If there are more applications than places available the school’s oversubscription criteria would be used to decide which children qualify for a place.

Children are ranked in the following order, after the admission of children with an Education, Health and Care Plan which names the school:

  • Children in care and children who were previously in care
  • Siblings of children attending
  • Children of staff
  • Children living in the designated area
  • Children with a professional recommendation
  • All other children (by distance)
How to have your say

You can share your views on our Let’s Talk page before the deadline of 8 December 2023

Cornwall Council's Admission Arrangements - Flushing C of E School | Let's Talk Cornwall

You can also let us know your views in writing:

By email: schooladmissions@cornwall.gov.uk

By post: School Admissions Team, Cornwall Council, West 3, New County Hall, Truro, TR1 3AY

If you need help with letting us know your views or you would like more information please contact the School Admissions Team on 0300 1234 101.

What happens next

Following the consultation the Council will decide whether or not to go ahead with the proposed reduction to the PAN and will agree the final arrangements by the deadline of 28 February 2024.  The final decision will be made by the Service Director, Education.  The arrangements will then be published on the Cornwall Council website.

Admission arrangements for academy, foundation, trust and voluntary-aided schools 2025/26

The admission arrangements for:

  • academy
  • trust and
  • voluntary-aided schools

can be found on the individual school's website.

If you cannot find the arrangements you are looking for please contact us.

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