School admissions in St Austell
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
18 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Sky Primary and Eden Project Nursery | 1.13 | 30 |
| Mount Charles School | 1.07 | 30 |
| Bugle School | 1.00 | 16 |
| Carclaze Community Primary School | 1.00 | 31 |
| Foxhole Learning Academy | 1.00 | 11 |
| Gorran School | 1.00 | 13 |
| Mevagissey Community Primary School | 1.00 | 18 |
| Nanpean Community Primary School | 1.00 | 13 |
| Pondhu Primary School | 1.00 | 17 |
| Roche Community Primary School | 1.00 | 29 |
| St Dennis Primary Academy | 1.00 | 21 |
| St Mewan Community Primary School | 1.00 | 58 |
| St Stephen Churchtown Academy | 1.00 | 30 |
| Treverbyn Academy | 1.00 | 11 |
| Whitemoor Academy | 1.00 | 14 |
| Charlestown Primary School | 0.98 | 43 |
| Bishop Bronescombe CofE School | 0.97 | 31 |
| Sandy Hill Academy | 0.95 | 56 |
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.
Year 7 places, September 2026
3 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Poltair School | 1.19 | 183 |
| Brannel School | 0.99 | 136 |
| Penrice Academy | 0.92 | 273 |
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.