School admissions in Axminster
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 3 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Axminster in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 7 schools in Axminster first 89 times for 91 places: 0.98 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Devon authority's 299 schools. One of the 7 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: All Saints Church of England Primary School, to 2.50 miles.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
Reception places, September 2026
7 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster | 1.20 | 20 | 768.7 m (≈0.48 mi) |
| Kilmington Primary School | 1.00 | 8 | not published |
| Musbury Primary School | 1.00 | 4 | not published |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School | 0.93 | 15 | 4024.1 m (≈2.50 mi) |
| Axminster Community Primary Academy | 0.92 | 26 | not published |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary Academy | 0.86 | 14 | not published |
| Shute Community Primary School | 0.75 | 4 | not published |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.