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School admissions in Minehead

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 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.

Reception places, September 2026

7 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlacesCutoff distance
St Michael's Church of England First SchoolMinehead1.10300.869 miles 2026
Cutcombe Church of England First SchoolMinehead1.006not published
Dunster First SchoolMinehead1.0017not published
Exford Church of England First SchoolMinehead1.002not published
St Dubricius Church of England VA SchoolMinehead1.00125.183 miles 2024
Timberscombe Church of England First SchoolMinehead1.007not published
Minehead First SchoolMinehead0.9647not 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.