School admissions in Ashtead
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 3 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.
Ashtead in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 4 schools in Ashtead first 129 times for 133 places: 0.97 first choices per place, against 0.99 across the Surrey authority's 247 schools. 0 of the 4 had more first choices than places. For 2025 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: West Ashtead Primary Academy, to 1.17 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
4 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Giles' CofE (Aided) Infant School | 1.00 | 9 | not published |
| The Greville Primary School | 1.00 | 49 | 2.336 km (≈1.45 mi) |
| West Ashtead Primary Academy | 1.00 | 23 | 1.887 km (≈1.17 mi) |
| Barnett Wood Infant School | 0.92 | 52 | 1.504 km (≈0.93 mi) |
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.