Admissions
Come and visit us; we look forward to welcoming you!
If you are interested in your child joining the college, please contact us to discuss what we have to offer and to arrange a visit if you can.
Email: admin@honiton.college or ring 01404 42283
Once you decide you would like a place, you must make a formal application.
How do I Apply to Honiton Community College?
Most children join our college with the main intake into school from the start of September in Year 7. As a parent, you can apply for a place with the Local Authority.
Do come and talk with us if you are interested in a place in a different year group for any reason. Applications for residents of Devon are made between 1 September and 31 October for secondary schools via the Devon County Council website.
If your child lives in another LA, including Cornwall, Dorset, Plymouth, Somerset, and Torbay, you should apply through that council. The closing dates are the same nationally.
For questions about your child joining the college or just about the admissions process in general, please don’t hesitate to contact the college direct or contact Devon School Admissions Service on 0345 155 1019 or by email to admissions@devon.gov.uk.
DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO ADMISSIONS
What if the academic year has already started?
If you are interested in your child joining the college in-year (once the academic year has started), you can apply for a place via the Devon County Council website.
There is a right of appeal and to a place on a waiting list for places where an application is refused.
DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL APPLICATIONS
Admission Arrangements
The Ted Wragg Trust is the admissions authority for our school and commissions Devon County Council to administer the admissions policies and decisions on applications for admission. We have an admissions policy for each academic year, and they will be published on this page when they are proposed for consultation, and after they have been determined annually. They are written to comply with the School Admissions Code 2021 and School Admissions Appeals Code 2022.
The Local Authority
We take part in the co-ordinated admissions schemes of Devon County Council. 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 on the Devon County Council website.
School Admissions Policy 2027-28 (consultation)
We will consult on an admissions policy between November 2025 and 16 January 2026. If you have any comments regarding the policy we propose, you can contact us at the school or schoolsadmissionpolicy-mailbox@devon.gov.uk.
After the consultation, we will determine the policy at a meeting of the admissions authority held before the end of February 2026. Once determined, the policy will be updated online by 15 March 2026.
Objections can be made up to 15 May 2026 to the Office of the Schools' Adjudicator.
Proposed Admissions Policy 2027-28
Our Admissions Policies
School admissions policy 2025-26
This is our determined policy. If you have any comments regarding the policy, you can contact us at the school or schoolsadmissionpolicy-mailbox@devon.gov.uk.
We amended our policy to remove a time limitation on when in-year applications could be made for children of Crown Servants or UK Service personnel.
School admissions policy 2026-27
This is our determined policy. If you have any comments regarding the policy, you can contact us at the school or schoolsadmissionpolicy-mailbox@devon.gov.uk.
We amended our policy to remove a time limitation on when in-year applications could be made for children of Crown Servants or UK Service personnel.
We review the college policy annually and may make changes if we feel this would be in the best interests of the college and our community.
To see further information from Devon County Council please click here.
Honiton Community College - Sixth Form Consultation
Following our recent consultation and subsequent application to amend the age range of Honiton Community College and close the Post-16 provision, the Department for Education has now formally approved our application to close the sixth form. Our current Year 13 students will be our final cohort of Post-16 students at the College, and the Post-16 provision will close in August 2025 once the current Year 13 students have graduated.
Please click below for more details about the consultation process and this decision.