School admissions in Ascot
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 4 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. 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.
Ascot in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 6 schools in Ascot first 170 times for 162 places: 1.05 first choices per place. 2 of the 6 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Sunningdale, to 1.20 miles.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
Reception places, September 2026
6 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Sunningdale | 1.53 | 30 | 1.2 miles |
| St Francis Catholic Primary School, South Ascot | 1.24 | 29 | 1.405 miles |
| Ascot Heath Primary School | 0.91 | 55 | 2.363 miles |
| St Michael's CofE Primary School, Sunninghill | 0.89 | 19 | not published |
| Cheapside CofE Primary School | 0.85 | 13 | not published |
| South Ascot Village Primary School | 0.62 | 16 | not 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.