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Paignton Academy allocations

A summary of the school place allocations for this secondary school.

DfES No: 4001

This is the summary of the school place allocations for Paignton Academy on the published offer dates.

Children starting in year 7 at secondary school in September 2024 (on time applications)
Type of place/offer 2024
Admission number 360
Total number of preferences for places 435
First preferences considered 283
First preferences offered (percentage offered) 283 (100%)
Second preferences considered 78
Second preferences offered (percentage offered) 34 (43.59%)
Third preferences considered 64
Third preferences offered (percentage offered) 14 (21.88%)

These are admissions criteria for this school in descending order of priority. This table shows the number of places offered for each one.

Admissions criterion and places offered
Criterion 2024
Children with an Education, Health and Care Plan that names the school. 21
Looked after children or children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements or special guardianship order including those who appear to have been in state care outside of England or ceased to be in state care outside of England as a result of being adopted. 5
Children living in the designated area who will have a sibling attending the academy at the time of application. 81
Other children living in the designated area. 226
Children living outside the designated area who will have a sibling attending the academy at the time of application. 7
Children living outside the designated area. 35
Children allocated to the closest suitable school to the home address that has a place available, where the preferred school(s) cannot be allocated. 14
Total 349

On national offer day this school had the following number of places still available:

Places still available on national offer day
Year Places still available
2024 11

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