St Stephens (Saltash) Community Primary School & Nursery: admissions history
How many families applied, how many places there were, and how far the last place went - every year we hold.
For September 2026 entry, 32 families put St Stephens (Saltash) Community Primary School & Nursery as their first choice and 77 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 2 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
First-choice demand has fallen from 47 in 2021 to 32 in 2026, while places went from 47 to 30.
Across Cornwall, 96% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 100% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2025, families in Cornwall lodged 34 appeals against primary school offers; 22 reached a hearing and 12 succeeded (54.5% of those heard).
Applications and offers by year
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 32 | 77 | 1.1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 42 | 42 | 83 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 50 | 50 | 98 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 40 | 40 | 64 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 39 | 37 | 71 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2021 | 47 | 47 | 90 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 60 | 60 | 102 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 50 | 50 | 98 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 53 | 49 | 109 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 2017 | 46 | 53 | 103 | 1.2 | 10 |
| 2016 | 58 | 43 | 100 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2015 | 43 | 32 | 78 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2014 | 38 | 32 | 71 | 0.8 | 0 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.