School admissions in Totnes
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
10 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackawton Primary School | 1.00 | 21 | not published |
| Dartington Church of England Academy | 1.00 | 33 | not published |
| Diptford Parochial Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 2 | not published |
| East Allington Primary School | 1.00 | 14 | not published |
| Harbertonford Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 10 | not published |
| Stoke Gabriel Primary School | 1.00 | 10 | not published |
| The Grove School | 1.00 | 42 | 5154.1 m (≈3.20 mi) |
| Totnes St John's Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 29 | not published |
| Berry Pomeroy Parochial CofE Primary School | 0.90 | 10 | 4375.8 m (≈2.72 mi) |
| Broadhempston Village Primary School | 0.67 | 3 | 5655.2 m (≈3.51 mi) |
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.