Contested schools in Devon
These are the Devon 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 Devon
Secondary schools (15)
Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Peter's Church of England Aided School | 236 | 335 | 1.42 |
| The King's School | 167 | 218 | 1.31 |
| Dartmouth Academy | 36 | 45 | 1.25 |
| Uffculme School | 207 | 259 | 1.25 |
| Colyton Grammar School | 158 | 196 | 1.24 |
| Chulmleigh Community College | 144 | 167 | 1.16 |
| King Edward VI Community College | 173 | 179 | 1.03 |
| Bideford College | 250 | 251 | 1 |
| Teign School | 203 | 202 | 1 |
| Braunton Academy | 168 | 167 | 0.99 |
| St James School | 191 | 189 | 0.99 |
| Holsworthy Community College | 97 | 95 | 0.98 |
| Great Torrington School | 148 | 144 | 0.97 |
| Axe Valley Academy | 166 | 157 | 0.95 |
| Clyst Vale Community College | 179 | 164 | 0.92 |
Primary schools (73)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uffculme Primary School | 29 | 47 | 1.62 |
| Kingsteignton School | 30 | 47 | 1.57 |
| Bridestowe Primary School | 12 | 18 | — |
| Rockbeare Church of England Primary School and Pre-School | 22 | 31 | 1.41 |
| Appledore School | 30 | 42 | 1.40 |
| Bolham Community Primary School | 15 | 21 | 1.40 |
| Monkerton Community Primary School | 60 | 82 | 1.37 |
| West Hill Primary School | 30 | 41 | 1.37 |
| Cockwood Primary School | 15 | 19 | — |
| Monkleigh Primary School | 15 | 19 | — |
| Sparkwell All Saints Primary School | 15 | 19 | — |
| Abbotskerswell Primary School | 14 | 17 | — |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster | 20 | 24 | 1.20 |
| Westclyst Community Primary School | 60 | 71 | 1.18 |
| Stowford School | 60 | 70 | 1.17 |
| St Leonard's (CofE) Primary School | 90 | 103 | 1.14 |
| Seaton Primary School | 60 | 68 | 1.13 |
| South Tawton Primary School | 30 | 34 | 1.13 |
| St James Church of England Primary and Nursery School | 30 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Horrabridge Primary & Nursery School | 30 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Shebbear Community School | 10 | 11 | — |
| Cheriton Bishop Community Primary School | 15 | 16 | — |
| Marldon Church of England Primary School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| North Molton Primary School | 15 | 16 | — |
| South Molton United CofE Primary School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| St Michael's Church of England Primary Academy | 60 | 64 | 1.07 |
| Canada Hill Community Primary School | 53 | 56 | 1.06 |
| Bassetts Farm Primary School | 60 | 62 | 1.03 |
| Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit | 60 | 62 | 1.03 |
| Kingsacre Primary School | 30 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Newport Community School Primary Academy | 60 | 62 | 1.03 |
| The Duchy School Bradninch | 30 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Littletown Primary Academy | 60 | 61 | 1.02 |
| Montgomery Primary School | 60 | 61 | 1.02 |
| Bishopsteignton School | 21 | 21 | 1 |
| Caen Community Primary School | 21 | 21 | 1 |
| Christow Primary School | 14 | 14 | — |
| Copplestone Primary School | 19 | 19 | — |
| Exwick Heights Primary School | 40 | 40 | 1 |
| Gulworthy Primary Academy | 10 | 10 | — |
| Loddiswell Primary School | 11 | 11 | — |
| Mary Tavy and Brentor Community Primary School | 15 | 15 | — |
| Meavy Church of England Primary School | 17 | 17 | — |
| Mrs Ethelston's CofE Primary Academy | 17 | 17 | — |
| Roundswell Community Primary Academy | 43 | 43 | 1 |
| Shaldon Primary School | 29 | 29 | 1 |
| Southmead School | 40 | 40 | 1 |
| St David's CofE Primary School | 11 | 11 | — |
| St Helen's Church of England School | 30 | 30 | 1 |
| St Martin's CofE Primary & Nursery School | 60 | 60 | 1 |
| St Sidwell's Church of England Primary School & Nursery | 22 | 22 | 1 |
| Thorverton Church of England Primary School | 16 | 16 | — |
| Broadclyst Community Primary School | 60 | 59 | 0.98 |
| St Rumon's Church of England Infants School | 24 | 23 | 0.96 |
| The Topsham School | 26 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Woodbury Church of England Primary School | 27 | 26 | 0.96 |
| Kentisbeare Church of England Primary School | 19 | 18 | — |
| Winkleigh Primary School | 20 | 19 | — |
| Woodwater Academy | 40 | 38 | 0.95 |
| Denbury Primary School | 17 | 16 | — |
| Kingskerswell Church of England Primary School | 53 | 50 | 0.94 |
| Cranbrook Education Campus | 61 | 57 | 0.93 |
| Feniton Church of England Primary School | 29 | 27 | 0.93 |
| Ottery St Mary Primary School | 45 | 42 | 0.93 |
| Woodlands Park Primary School | 40 | 37 | 0.93 |
| Ide Primary School | 12 | 11 | — |
| St Michael's Church of England Primary School | 53 | 47 | 0.89 |
| Trinity CofE Primary and Nursery School | 57 | 51 | 0.89 |
| Pinhoe Church of England Primary School & Nursery | 60 | 53 | 0.88 |
| Sherford Vale School & Nursery | 40 | 35 | 0.88 |
| Bickleigh Down Church of England Primary School | 54 | 47 | 0.87 |
| Hemyock Primary School | 14 | 12 | — |
| Sampford Peverell Church of England Primary School | 8 | 6 | — |
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.