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School admissions in Boston

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

24 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
Boston Pioneers Free School AcademyBoston1.0035
Boston West AcademyBoston1.0042
Carlton Road AcademyBoston1.0037
Fishtoft AcademyBoston1.004
Friskney All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolBoston1.0010
Hawthorn Tree SchoolBoston1.0053
Kirton Primary SchoolBoston1.0075
Old Leake Primary AcademyBoston1.0013
Park AcademyBoston1.0022
Saint Mary's RC Primary Academy BostonBoston1.0022
St Nicholas CE Primary AcademyBoston1.0026
St Thomas CofE Primary AcademyBoston1.0040
Staniland AcademyBoston1.0052
Stickney Church of England Primary SchoolBoston1.0012
Swineshead St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolBoston1.0026
The Butterwick Pinchbeck's Endowed CofE Primary SchoolBoston1.0026
The Fourfields Church of England School, SuttertonBoston1.0021
The Mareham-le-Fen Church of England Primary SchoolBoston1.006
The New Leake Primary SchoolBoston1.003
The Sibsey Free Primary SchoolBoston1.0025
Tower Road AcademyBoston1.0076
Wrangle Primary AcademyBoston1.004
Wyberton Primary AcademyBoston1.0029
Gipsey Bridge AcademyBoston0.9315

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

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

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
Boston High SchoolBoston1.33119
The Boston Grammar SchoolBoston1.20136
Giles AcademyBoston1.11170
William Lovell Church of England AcademyBoston0.7563
Haven High AcademyBoston0.72179
Thomas Middlecott AcademyBoston0.69115

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.