School admissions in Bridgnorth
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 6 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.
Bridgnorth in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 9 schools in Bridgnorth first 149 times for 154 places: 0.97 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Shropshire authority's 124 schools. One of the 9 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Castlefields Primary School, to 0.64 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
9 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castlefields Primary School | 1.13 | 30 | 0.641 miles |
| Alveley Primary School | 1.00 | 10 | not published |
| Highley Community Primary School | 1.00 | 25 | not published |
| St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | 0.96 | 25 | not published |
| St Leonard's CofE Primary School | 0.90 | 20 | not published |
| Worfield Endowed Church Of England Primary School | 0.88 | 26 | not published |
| St. Mary's Bluecoat Church of England Primary School | 0.88 | 8 | not published |
| Brown Clee CofE Primary School | 0.83 | 6 | not published |
| Morville CofE (Controlled) Primary School | 0.75 | 4 | 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.