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. 2 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.
Minehead in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 7 schools in Minehead first 122 times for 121 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Somerset authority's 208 schools. One of the 7 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: St Michael's Church of England First School, to 0.87 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
7 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Michael's Church of England First School | 1.10 | 30 | 0.869 miles |
| Cutcombe Church of England First School | 1.00 | 6 | not published |
| Dunster First School | 1.00 | 17 | not published |
| Exford Church of England First School | 1.00 | 2 | not published |
| St Dubricius Church of England VA School | 1.00 | 12 | 5.183 miles |
| Timberscombe Church of England First School | 1.00 | 7 | not published |
| Minehead First School | 0.96 | 47 | 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.