School admissions in Andover

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

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

School	First preferences per place	Places
Longparish Church of England Primary SchoolAndover	1.79	14
Portway Infant SchoolAndover	1.47	87
Roman Way Primary SchoolAndover	1.20	30
St Mary Bourne Primary SchoolAndover	1.20	20
Balksbury Infant SchoolAndover	1.16	89
Appleshaw St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolAndover	1.13	15
Abbotts Ann Church of England Primary SchoolAndover	1.06	16
Amport Church of England Primary SchoolAndover	1.06	16
St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, AndoverAndover	0.97	30
Hurstbourne Tarrant Church of England Primary SchoolAndover	0.93	15
Knights Enham Nursery and Infant SchoolAndover	0.93	30
Andover Church of England Primary SchoolAndover	0.91	23
Clatford Church of England Primary SchoolAndover	0.90	29
Vigo Primary SchoolAndover	0.85	89
Anton Infant SchoolAndover	0.84	37
Vernham Dean Gillum's Church of England Primary SchoolAndover	0.83	12
Wellington Eagles Primary AcademyAndover	0.81	21
Grateley Primary SchoolAndover	0.80	10
Kimpton, Thruxton and Fyfield Church of England Primary SchoolAndover	0.78	27
Ludgershall Castle Primary SchoolAndover	0.77	44
Pilgrims' Cross CofE Aided Primary SchoolAndover	0.73	49
Wherwell Primary SchoolAndover	0.73	22

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

3 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
John Hanson Community SchoolAndover	1.23	182
Harrow Way Community SchoolAndover	1.17	183
Lift WintonAndover	0.65	171