School admissions in Alfreton
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Reception places, September 2026
19 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Shirland Primary School | 1.07 | 30 |
| Riddings Infant and Nursery School | 1.03 | 60 |
| Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy | 1.00 | 17 |
| Croft Infant School | 1.00 | 42 |
| Mickley Village Primary and Nursery School | 1.00 | 6 |
| Morton Primary Academy | 1.00 | 20 |
| Newton Primary School | 1.00 | 17 |
| South Wingfield Primary School | 1.00 | 20 |
| Stonebroom Primary and Nursery School | 1.00 | 26 |
| The Brigg Infant School | 1.00 | 21 |
| Wessington Primary School | 1.00 | 13 |
| Westhouses Primary School | 1.00 | 5 |
| The Green Flying High Academy | 0.98 | 41 |
| Somercotes Infant and Nursery School | 0.97 | 36 |
| Tibshelf Infant School | 0.97 | 34 |
| Copthorne Community Infant School | 0.97 | 29 |
| Swanwick Primary School | 0.95 | 44 |
| Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School | 0.95 | 19 |
| Stretton Handley Church of England Primary School | 0.83 | 6 |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.
Year 7 places, September 2026
4 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| David Nieper Academy | 1.11 | 149 |
| Tibshelf Community School | 0.99 | 167 |
| Swanwick Hall School | 0.96 | 159 |
| Frederick Gent School | 0.94 | 160 |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.