School admissions in Bodmin
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 1 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.
Bodmin in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 16 schools in Bodmin first 256 times for 256 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Cornwall authority's 227 schools. One of the 16 had more first choices than places.
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
16 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Nanstallon Community Primary School | 1.59 | 17 |
| Blisland Primary Academy | 1.00 | 9 |
| Cardinham School | 1.00 | 12 |
| Lanlivery Primary Academy | 1.00 | 4 |
| Luxulyan School | 1.00 | 11 |
| St Breward Community Primary School | 1.00 | 4 |
| St Kew Academy | 1.00 | 10 |
| St Mabyn CofE School | 1.00 | 3 |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bodmin | 1.00 | 30 |
| St Teath Community Primary School | 1.00 | 12 |
| St Tudy CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 6 |
| St Wenn School | 1.00 | 10 |
| Beacon Academy | 0.98 | 50 |
| St Petroc's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 0.97 | 38 |
| Berrycoombe School | 0.93 | 15 |
| Lanivet Community Primary School | 0.72 | 25 |
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.