School admissions in Exmouth
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.
Exmouth in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 9 schools in Exmouth first 252 times for 252 places: 1.00 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 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Bassetts Farm Primary School, to 1.36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bassetts Farm Primary School | 1.03 | 60 | 2184.9 m (≈1.36 mi) |
| Brixington Primary Academy | 1.00 | 38 | not published |
| Exeter Road Community Primary School | 1.00 | 6 | not published |
| Littleham Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 9 | not published |
| Lympstone Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 23 | not published |
| Marpool Primary School | 1.00 | 12 | not published |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Exmouth | 1.00 | 28 | not published |
| Withycombe Raleigh Church of England Primary School | 0.98 | 66 | not published |
| The Beacon Church of England (VA) Primary School | 0.90 | 10 | 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.