School admissions in Ilminster
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 1 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.
Ilminster in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 5 schools in Ilminster first 70 times for 70 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Somerset authority's 208 schools. 0 of the 5 had more first choices than places. For 2025 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Neroche Primary School, to 2.38 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
5 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashill Community Primary School | 1.00 | 1 | not published |
| Herne View Church of England Primary | 1.00 | 39 | not published |
| Neroche Primary School | 1.00 | 25 | 2.381 miles |
| Shepton Beauchamp Church School | 1.00 | 3 | not published |
| St Mary's & St Peter's Church School | 1.00 | 2 | 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.