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School admissions in Altrincham

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

16 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlacesCutoff distance
Park Road Academy Primary SchoolAltrincham1.8730not published
Little Bollington CofE Primary SchoolAltrincham1.254not published
Bowdon CofE Primary SchoolAltrincham1.1490not published
St Vincent's Catholic Primary SchoolAltrincham1.0790not published
Broomwood Primary SchoolAltrincham1.0025not published
Cloverlea Primary SchoolAltrincham1.0023not published
Stamford Park Primary SchoolAltrincham0.9841not published
Heyes Lane Primary SchoolAltrincham0.96551.46 miles 2025
Willows Primary SchoolAltrincham0.94360.651 miles 2024
Elmridge Primary SchoolAltrincham0.9315not published
Altrincham CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolAltrincham0.9314not published
Oldfield Brow Primary SchoolAltrincham0.8927not published
Broadheath Primary SchoolAltrincham0.8843not published
Bollin Primary SchoolAltrincham0.8841not published
Navigation Primary SchoolAltrincham0.8841not published
St Hugh's Catholic Primary SchoolAltrincham0.8541not published

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

8 schools. 5 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
Loreto Grammar SchoolAltrincham1.61160
Saint Ambrose CollegeAltrincham1.50149
Altrincham Grammar School for BoysAltrincham1.40215
Altrincham Grammar School for GirlsAltrincham1.34209
Wellington SchoolAltrincham1.26260
Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic CollegeAltrincham0.73285
North Cestrian SchoolAltrincham0.64175
Altrincham CollegeAltrincham0.63190

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.