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.
| Type of place/offer | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Admission number | 360 |
| Total number of preferences for places | 419 |
| First preferences considered | 282 |
| First preferences offered (percentage offered) | 281 (99.6%) |
| Second preferences considered | 76 |
| Second preferences offered (percentage offered) | 36 (47.4%) |
| Third preferences considered | 61 |
| Third preferences offered (percentage offered) | 16 (26.2%) |
These are admissions criteria for this school in descending order of priority. This table shows the number of places offered for each one.
| Criterion | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Children with an Education, Health and Care Plan that names the school. | 13 |
| 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. | 1 |
| Children living in the designated area who will have a sibling attending the academy at the time of application. | 99 |
| Other children living in the designated area. | 189 |
| 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. | |
| Children allocated to the closest suitable school to the home address that has a place available, where the preferred school(s) cannot be allocated. | 11 |
| Total | 340 |
On national offer day this school had the following number of places still available:
| Year | Places still available |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 |