School admissions in Crediton
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 2 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.
Crediton in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 11 schools in Crediton first 187 times for 187 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Devon authority's 299 schools. 0 of the 11 had more first choices than places. For 2023 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Hayward's Primary School, to 0.46 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
11 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bow Community Primary School | 1.00 | 21 | not published |
| Cheriton Fitzpaine Primary School | 1.00 | 13 | not published |
| Copplestone Primary School | 1.00 | 19 | not published |
| East Worlington Primary School | 1.00 | 10 | not published |
| Hayward's Primary School | 1.00 | 59 | 733.2 m (≈0.46 mi) |
| Landscore Primary School | 1.00 | 20 | not published |
| Morchard Bishop Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 11 | not published |
| Sandford School | 1.00 | 12 | not published |
| Spreyton School | 1.00 | 6 | not published |
| St Thomas of Canterbury CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 5 | not published |
| Yeoford Community Primary School | 1.00 | 11 | 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.