School admissions in Teignmouth
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.
Teignmouth in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 5 schools in Teignmouth first 125 times for 125 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Devon authority's 299 schools. 0 of the 5 had more first choices than places. For 2025 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Bishopsteignton School, to 2.64 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
5 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishopsteignton School | 1.00 | 21 | 4254.2 m (≈2.64 mi) |
| Hazeldown School | 1.00 | 47 | not published |
| Our Lady and St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School | 1.00 | 11 | not published |
| Shaldon Primary School | 1.00 | 29 | 2006.9 m (≈1.25 mi) |
| Teignmouth Primary School | 1.00 | 17 | 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.