School admissions in Newquay
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.
Newquay in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 9 schools in Newquay first 338 times for 337 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Cornwall authority's 227 schools. 2 of the 9 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Newquay Primary Academy, to 1.32 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
9 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newquay Primary Academy | 1.07 | 30 | 1.319 miles |
| Trenance Learning Academy | 1.01 | 108 | not published |
| Cubert Primary School | 1.00 | 15 | not published |
| Mawgan-In-Pydar Primary School | 1.00 | 12 | not published |
| Nansledan School | 1.00 | 55 | not published |
| St Columb Minor Academy | 1.00 | 44 | not published |
| St Newlyn East Learning Academy | 1.00 | 18 | not published |
| The Bishops CofE Learning Academy | 0.98 | 41 | not published |
| Summercourt Academy | 0.93 | 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.