School admissions in Ashford (Surrey)
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 6 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.
Ashford (Surrey) in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 6 schools in Ashford (Surrey) first 324 times for 315 places: 1.03 first choices per place, against 0.99 across the Surrey authority's 247 schools. 2 of the 6 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Clarendon Primary School, to 0.47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Michael Catholic Primary School & Nursery | 1.48 | 61 | not published |
| Clarendon Primary School | 1.29 | 28 | 0.756 km (≈0.47 mi) |
| Meadhurst Primary School | 0.95 | 43 | not published |
| The Echelford Primary School | 0.92 | 59 | not published |
| Ashford Park Primary School | 0.84 | 74 | 1.757 km (≈1.09 mi) |
| Ashford CofE Primary School | 0.82 | 50 | 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.