School admissions in Plymouth

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 45 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.

Reception places, September 2026

66 schools. 12 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Tor Bridge Primary SchoolPlymouth	1.60	30	not published
Elburton Primary SchoolPlymouth	1.48	58	not published
Widewell Primary AcademyPlymouth	1.37	30	not published
College Road Primary SchoolPlymouth	1.34	29	not published
Eggbuckland Vale Primary SchoolPlymouth	1.31	58	not published
Glen Park Primary SchoolPlymouth	1.17	60	not published
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolPlymouth	1.17	30	not published
Mayflower AcademyPlymouth	1.15	60	not published
Widey Court Primary SchoolPlymouth	1.15	89	not published
Marine Academy PrimaryPlymouth	1.12	60	not published
Compton CofE Primary SchoolPlymouth	1.08	60	0.76 miles 2026
Knowle Primary SchoolPlymouth	1.07	30	not published
High Street Primary AcademyPlymouth	1.00	26	not published
Pilgrim Primary AcademyPlymouth	1.00	29	not published
Plaistow Hill Primary and Nursery SchoolPlymouth	1.00	19	not published
St Andrew's Cof E VA Primary SchoolPlymouth	1.00	24	not published
St Budeaux CofE Primary AcademyPlymouth	1.00	2	not published
St George's CofE Primary AcademyPlymouth	1.00	8	not published
St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolPlymouth	1.00	16	not published
Montpelier Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.99	90	not published
Salisbury Road Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.98	50	not published
Woodford Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.98	44	not published
Ernesettle Community SchoolPlymouth	0.97	73	not published
Shakespeare Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.97	35	not published
Mary Dean's CofE Primary School and NurseryPlymouth	0.97	34	not published
Boringdon Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.97	59	not published
Mount Street Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.96	27	not published
Pennycross Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.96	52	1.6 miles 2023
Plympton St Maurice Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.96	26	not published
Holy Cross Catholic Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.96	24	not published
Riverside Community Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.96	45	not published
High View SchoolPlymouth	0.95	44	not published
St Edward's CofE Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.95	22	not published
Morice Town Primary AcademyPlymouth	0.95	21	not published
Prince Rock Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.95	41	not published
Stoke Damerel Primary AcademyPlymouth	0.95	57	not published
Oreston Community AcademyPlymouth	0.94	18	not published
Mount Wise Community Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.94	16	not published
Victoria Road PrimaryPlymouth	0.94	16	not published
Keyham Barton Catholic Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.93	15	not published
Morley Meadow Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.93	30	not published
Lipson Vale Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.93	44	0.44 miles 2023
Laira Green Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.93	28	not published
Weston Mill Community Primary AcademyPlymouth	0.92	13	not published
Chaddlewood Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.92	49	not published
St Mary's Priory CofE Infant & Nursery SchoolPlymouth	0.91	23	not published
Hooe Primary AcademyPlymouth	0.91	22	not published
Stuart Road Primary AcademyPlymouth	0.90	21	not published
Yealmpstone Farm Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.90	21	not published
St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.90	10	not published
Manadon Vale Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.90	59	not published
Goosewell Primary AcademyPlymouth	0.90	58	not published
St Matthew's Church of England Primary and Nursery AcademyPlymouth	0.90	58	not published
Hyde Park Infants' SchoolPlymouth	0.89	38	not published
Woodfield Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.89	19	not published
St Peter's RC Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.88	8	not published
Drake Primary AcademyPlymouth	0.87	15	not published
Oakwood Primary AcademyPlymouth	0.84	19	not published
Austin Farm AcademyPlymouth	0.83	12	not published
The Cathedral School of St MaryPlymouth	0.83	12	not published
Thornbury Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.83	23	not published
Leigham Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.81	36	not published
Beechwood Primary AcademyPlymouth	0.78	27	not published
Pomphlett Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.77	39	not published
Marlborough Primary AcademyPlymouth	0.69	13	not published
Ford Primary SchoolPlymouth	0.65	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.

Year 7 places, September 2026

17 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Devonport High School for GirlsPlymouth	1.58	158
Coombe Dean SchoolPlymouth	1.54	170
Hele's SchoolPlymouth	1.20	233
Devonport High School for BoysPlymouth	1.12	208
UTC PlymouthPlymouth	1.00	115
St Boniface's RC CollegePlymouth	0.98	61
Tor Bridge HighPlymouth	0.98	194
Marine Academy PlymouthPlymouth	0.97	179
Eggbuckland Community CollegePlymouth	0.96	179
All Saints Church of England AcademyPlymouth	0.95	130
Lipson Co-operative AcademyPlymouth	0.94	244
Millbay AcademyPlymouth	0.92	103
Stoke Damerel Community CollegePlymouth	0.91	255
Plymouth High School for GirlsPlymouth	0.87	119
Plympton AcademyPlymouth	0.83	110
Notre Dame RC SchoolPlymouth	0.82	93
Plymstock SchoolPlymouth	0.63	226