School admissions in Launceston
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.
Launceston in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 16 schools in Launceston first 199 times for 200 places: 0.99 first choices per place. 2 of the 16 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Launceston Primary School, to 1.46 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
16 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Petherwin Community Primary School | 1.40 | 15 | not published |
| St Catherine's CofE Primary School | 1.13 | 30 | not published |
| Boyton Community Primary School | 1.00 | 2 | not published |
| Coads Green Primary School | 1.00 | 3 | not published |
| North Petherwin School | 1.00 | 9 | not published |
| St Giles-on-the-Heath Community School | 1.00 | 7 | not published |
| Trekenner Community Primary School | 1.00 | 5 | not published |
| Warbstow Primary Academy | 1.00 | 7 | not published |
| Werrington Community Primary School | 1.00 | 5 | not published |
| Windmill Hill Academy | 1.00 | 10 | not published |
| Launceston Primary School | 0.97 | 30 | 1.456 miles |
| Tregadillett Primary School | 0.93 | 29 | not published |
| Lewannick Community Primary School | 0.92 | 13 | not published |
| St Stephens Community Academy | 0.90 | 21 | not published |
| Egloskerry Primary School | 0.83 | 6 | not published |
| Altarnun Primary School | 0.50 | 8 | 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.