School admissions in Basildon

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

28 schools. 6 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Lee Chapel Primary SchoolBasildon	1.29	119
Chapel Hill Primary School & NurseryBasildon	1.23	60
Greensted Primary School & NurseryBasildon	1.22	60
St Anne Line Catholic Infant SchoolBasildon	1.10	60
Northlands Primary School and NurseryBasildon	1.06	90
The Phoenix Primary SchoolBasildon	1.05	88
Maple Grove Primary SchoolBasildon	1.00	29
Vange Primary School and NurseryBasildon	1.00	6
Briscoe Primary School & NurseryBasildon	0.98	43
Lincewood Primary AcademyBasildon	0.98	43
Cherry Tree Primary SchoolBasildon	0.98	42
Ghyllgrove Primary SchoolBasildon	0.96	53
The Willows Primary SchoolBasildon	0.95	82
Merrylands Primary SchoolBasildon	0.95	57
St Margaret's Church of England Academy, Bowers GiffordBasildon	0.94	18
Great Berry Primary SchoolBasildon	0.92	60
Kingswood Primary School and NurseryBasildon	0.92	60
Millhouse Primary SchoolBasildon	0.91	70
Janet Duke Primary SchoolBasildon	0.91	57
Whitmore Primary School and NurseryBasildon	0.91	76
Bardfield AcademyBasildon	0.91	32
Eversley Primary SchoolBasildon	0.89	46
Noak Bridge Primary SchoolBasildon	0.87	30
Felmore Primary SchoolBasildon	0.86	37
Ryedene Primary and Nursery SchoolBasildon	0.85	47
Fairhouse Community Primary SchoolBasildon	0.83	29
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, BasildonBasildon	0.81	26
Laindon Park Primary School & NurseryBasildon	0.80	30

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

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

School	First preferences per place	Places
De La Salle SchoolBasildon	1.46	147
Harris Academy KingswoodBasildon	1.39	287
The James Hornsby SchoolBasildon	1.28	202
The Basildon Lower AcademyBasildon	0.40	213