School admissions in Billingham
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 2 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.
Billingham in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 11 schools in Billingham first 274 times for 283 places: 0.97 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Stockton-on-Tees authority's 56 schools. One of the 11 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Wolviston Primary School, to 0.52 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
11 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolviston Primary School | 1.13 | 15 | 0.517 miles |
| Bewley Primary School | 1.00 | 28 | not published |
| Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Academy | 1.00 | 21 | not published |
| Pentland Primary School | 1.00 | 14 | not published |
| St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School | 1.00 | 12 | not published |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 1.00 | 21 | not published |
| Billingham South Community Primary School | 0.98 | 48 | not published |
| Roseberry Primary School | 0.96 | 23 | not published |
| Oakdene Primary Academy | 0.94 | 34 | not published |
| St Paul's Catholic Primary School | 0.93 | 28 | not published |
| Prior's Mill CofE Primary School | 0.87 | 39 | 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.