School admissions in Bridport
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 1 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.
Bridport in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 10 schools in Bridport first 126 times for 125 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Dorset authority's 118 schools. One of the 10 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Salway Ash Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, to 2.99 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
10 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salway Ash Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 1.13 | 15 | 2.989 miles |
| Bridport Primary School | 1.00 | 37 | not published |
| Bridport, St Mary's Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 16 | not published |
| Burton Bradstock Church of England Voluntary Controlled School | 1.00 | 5 | not published |
| Charmouth Primary School | 1.00 | 6 | not published |
| Loders CofE Primary Academy | 1.00 | 8 | not published |
| Marshwood CofE Primary Academy | 1.00 | 9 | not published |
| Powerstock Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 1.00 | 2 | not published |
| St Catherine's Roman Catholic School | 1.00 | 13 | not published |
| Symondsbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 0.93 | 14 | 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.