School admissions in Bedworth
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.
Bedworth in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 8 schools in Bedworth first 382 times for 388 places: 0.98 first choices per place, against 1.01 across the Warwickshire authority's 174 schools. 2 of the 8 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.70 miles (The Canons C of E Primary School) to 2.57 miles (Goodyers End Primary School).
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
8 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Francis Catholic Academy | 1.34 | 29 | not published |
| The Canons C of E Primary School | 1.34 | 89 | 0.705 miles |
| St Michael's Church of England Academy | 0.91 | 55 | not published |
| Arden Forest Infant School | 0.87 | 45 | 1.917 miles |
| Newdigate Primary and Nursery School | 0.84 | 43 | not published |
| Race Leys Infant School | 0.84 | 43 | not published |
| Goodyers End Primary School | 0.78 | 58 | 2.572 miles |
| All Saints Bedworth CofE Academy | 0.69 | 26 | 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.