School admissions in Bognor Regis
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 9 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.
Bognor Regis in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 10 schools in Bognor Regis first 501 times for 516 places: 0.97 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the West Sussex authority's 208 schools. 2 of the 10 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 4 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.30 miles (Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis) to 1.67 miles (Barnham 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
10 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis | 1.24 | 29 | 489 m (≈0.30 mi) |
| Barnham Primary School | 1.02 | 44 | 2691.26 m (≈1.67 mi) |
| Edward Bryant School | 0.97 | 68 | not published |
| Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis | 0.97 | 30 | not published |
| Southway Primary School | 0.97 | 60 | 1441.43 m (≈0.90 mi) |
| Nyewood CofE Infant School | 0.96 | 52 | not published |
| Downview Primary School | 0.94 | 70 | not published |
| South Bersted CofE Primary School | 0.93 | 30 | 1794.6 m (≈1.12 mi) |
| Rose Green Infant School | 0.93 | 89 | not published |
| Bishop Tufnell CofE Primary School, Felpham | 0.91 | 44 | 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.