School admissions in Devizes

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 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.

Reception places, September 2026

14 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
The Holy Trinity Church of England Primary AcademyDevizes	1.60	20
Wansdyke SchoolDevizes	1.03	30
All Cannings Church of England Primary SchoolDevizes	1.00	18
Chirton Church of England Primary SchoolDevizes	1.00	10
Five Lanes Church of England Primary SchoolDevizes	1.00	2
Nursteed Community Primary SchoolDevizes	1.00	22
Southbroom Infants' SchoolDevizes	1.00	11
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, DevizesDevizes	1.00	19
The Trinity Church of England Primary AcademyDevizes	0.96	26
Rowde CofE AcademyDevizes	0.94	16
Bishops Cannings Church of England Primary SchoolDevizes	0.93	29
Dauntsey Academy Primary SchoolDevizes	0.88	25
Urchfont Church of England Primary SchoolDevizes	0.88	8
St Barnabas Church of England School, Market LavingtonDevizes	0.82	11

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.