School admissions in Bromsgrove
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
13 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwell First School | 2.03 | 29 | 1.668 miles |
| Tardebigge CofE First School | 1.23 | 30 | 1.65 miles |
| Lickey End First School | 1.17 | 30 | 1.101 miles |
| Hanbury CofE First School | 1.10 | 30 | 3.867 miles |
| St Peter's Catholic First School | 1.00 | 24 | not published |
| Stoke Prior First School | 1.00 | 25 | 1.063 miles |
| Millfields First School | 0.98 | 46 | 0.672 miles |
| Charford First School | 0.90 | 73 | 3.239 miles |
| Fairfield First School | 0.90 | 29 | 2.069 miles |
| Finstall First School | 0.87 | 55 | 0.567 miles |
| The Orchards School | 0.85 | 40 | not published |
| Catshill First School | 0.82 | 56 | 3.686 miles |
| Dodford First School | 0.58 | 12 | 1.767 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.