School admissions in Ivybridge
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 3 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.
Ivybridge in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 8 schools in Ivybridge first 182 times for 184 places: 0.99 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Devon authority's 299 schools. One of the 8 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Stowford School, to 0.52 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
8 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stowford School | 1.17 | 60 | 838.1 m (≈0.52 mi) |
| Modbury Primary School | 1.00 | 23 | not published |
| Ugborough Primary School | 0.95 | 19 | not published |
| Woodlands Park Primary School | 0.93 | 40 | 1986.8 m (≈1.23 mi) |
| Ermington Primary School | 0.92 | 12 | not published |
| Cornwood Church of England Primary School | 0.89 | 9 | not published |
| The Erme Primary School | 0.86 | 7 | not published |
| Manor Primary School, Ivybridge | 0.64 | 14 | 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.