School admissions in Bingley
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
8 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harden Primary School | 1.67 | 30 | 0.405 miles |
| Crossflatts Primary School | 1.08 | 60 | 1.66 miles |
| Cottingley Village Primary School | 1.02 | 59 | not published |
| Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery | 1.00 | 16 | not published |
| Myrtle Park Primary | 1.00 | 19 | 0.558 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | 1.00 | 22 | not published |
| Trinity All Saints CofE VA Primary School | 1.00 | 8 | not published |
| Eldwick Primary School | 0.89 | 56 | 0.976 miles |
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
3 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beckfoot School | 1.49 | 271 | not published |
| Bingley Grammar School | 0.94 | 282 | 2.901 miles |
| Dixons Cottingley Academy | 0.52 | 172 | 5.017 miles |
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.