School admissions in Cullompton
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 5 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.
Cullompton in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 9 schools in Cullompton first 221 times for 219 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Devon authority's 299 schools. One of the 9 had more first choices than places. For 2025 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Kentisbeare Church of England Primary School, to 1.97 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
9 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uffculme Primary School | 1.62 | 29 | 3828.2 m (≈2.38 mi) |
| Clyst Hydon Primary School | 1.00 | 5 | not published |
| Plymtree Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 1 | not published |
| Willowbank Primary School | 0.97 | 32 | not published |
| St Andrew's Primary School | 0.96 | 53 | 1012.9 m (≈0.63 mi) |
| Kentisbeare Church of England Primary School | 0.95 | 19 | 3171.9 m (≈1.97 mi) |
| Hemyock Primary School | 0.86 | 14 | not published |
| Willand School | 0.85 | 53 | not published |
| Culmstock Primary School | 0.85 | 13 | 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.