Contested schools in Cornwall
These are the Cornwall schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.
Appeal success rates for Cornwall
Secondary schools (13)
Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayle Academy | 135 | 167 | 1.24 |
| Poltair School | 183 | 218 | 1.19 |
| Redruth School | 285 | 307 | 1.08 |
| Richard Lander School | 308 | 326 | 1.06 |
| Treviglas Academy | 241 | 248 | 1.03 |
| Budehaven Community School | 204 | 208 | 1.02 |
| Launceston College | 207 | 209 | 1.01 |
| Penryn College | 221 | 221 | 1 |
| Bodmin College | 237 | 234 | 0.99 |
| Newquay Tretherras | 237 | 231 | 0.97 |
| Sir James Smith's School | 94 | 91 | 0.97 |
| The Roseland Academy | 125 | 120 | 0.96 |
| Penrice Academy | 273 | 251 | 0.92 |
Primary schools (52)
Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nanstallon Community Primary School | 17 | 27 | 1.59 |
| Penponds School | 15 | 23 | 1.53 |
| Ludgvan School | 29 | 42 | 1.45 |
| Marlborough School | 30 | 43 | 1.43 |
| St Mary's CofE School, Truro | 29 | 41 | 1.41 |
| South Petherwin Community Primary School | 15 | 21 | 1.40 |
| Kilkhampton Junior and Infant School | 24 | 33 | 1.38 |
| Blackwater Community Primary School | 14 | 19 | — |
| Bosvigo School | 45 | 60 | 1.33 |
| Gwinear Community Primary School | 16 | 21 | 1.31 |
| Kennall Vale School | 20 | 26 | 1.30 |
| Trevithick Learning Academy | 60 | 78 | 1.30 |
| St Erth Community Primary School | 15 | 19 | — |
| Perran-Ar-Worthal Community Primary School | 29 | 34 | 1.17 |
| Mylor Bridge Community Primary School | 20 | 23 | 1.15 |
| Sky Primary and Eden Project Nursery | 30 | 34 | 1.13 |
| St Catherine's CofE Primary School | 30 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Penpol School | 60 | 66 | 1.10 |
| Burraton Community Primary School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Gulval School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Mount Charles School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Nancledra School | 15 | 16 | — |
| Newquay Primary Academy | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sir Robert Geffery's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| St Stephens (Saltash) Community Primary School & Nursery | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Trewirgie Infants' School | 60 | 63 | 1.05 |
| Heamoor Community Primary School | 30 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Trenance Learning Academy | 108 | 109 | 1.01 |
| Bishop Cornish CofE VA Primary School | 16 | 16 | — |
| Braddock CofE Primary School | 12 | 12 | — |
| Duloe CofE VA Primary Academy | 12 | 12 | — |
| Godolphin Primary School | 9 | 9 | — |
| Marhamchurch CofE Academy | 16 | 16 | — |
| Mawgan-In-Pydar Primary School | 12 | 12 | — |
| Mawnan CofE VA Primary School | 16 | 16 | — |
| Mount Hawke Academy | 30 | 30 | 1 |
| Nansledan School | 55 | 55 | 1 |
| Nansloe Academy | 26 | 26 | 1 |
| Roche Community Primary School | 29 | 29 | 1 |
| St Issey Church of England Primary School | 15 | 15 | — |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bodmin | 30 | 30 | 1 |
| St Winnow CofE School | 12 | 12 | — |
| Stoke Climsland School | 14 | 14 | — |
| Treleigh Community Primary School | 44 | 44 | 1 |
| Wendron Church of England Primary School | 15 | 15 | — |
| Perranporth Community Primary School | 30 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sandy Hill Academy | 56 | 53 | 0.95 |
| Tregadillett Primary School | 29 | 27 | 0.93 |
| Illogan School | 26 | 24 | 0.92 |
| St Uny CofE Academy | 30 | 27 | 0.90 |
| Alverton Primary School | 37 | 33 | 0.89 |
| Archbishop Benson CofE Primary School | 60 | 50 | 0.83 |
Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.