School admissions in Falmouth
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 4 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.
Falmouth in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 9 schools in Falmouth first 247 times for 245 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Cornwall authority's 227 schools. 2 of the 9 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: King Charles Church of England Primary School, to 2.49 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. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marlborough School | 1.43 | 30 | not published |
| Mylor Bridge Community Primary School | 1.15 | 20 | not published |
| Mawnan CofE VA Primary School | 1.00 | 16 | not published |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Falmouth | 0.97 | 30 | not published |
| Falmouth Primary Academy | 0.96 | 27 | not published |
| Constantine Primary School | 0.96 | 23 | not published |
| King Charles Church of England Primary School | 0.89 | 57 | 2.489 miles |
| St Francis CofE Primary School | 0.89 | 36 | not published |
| Flushing School | 0.83 | 6 | 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.