School admissions in Buckingham
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. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckingham Primary School | 1.00 | 39 | not published |
| Lace Hill Academy | 1.00 | 22 | not published |
| North Marston Church of England School | 1.00 | 13 | 3.261 miles |
| Roundwood Primary School | 1.00 | 20 | 2.5 miles |
| Steeple Claydon School and Pre-School | 1.00 | 18 | not published |
| Thornborough Infant School | 1.00 | 12 | not published |
| Winslow Church of England School | 1.00 | 47 | not published |
| Bourton Meadow Academy | 0.98 | 62 | not published |
| St James and St John CofE Primary School | 0.94 | 16 | 1.225 miles |
| George Grenville Academy | 0.93 | 15 | 0.476 miles |
| Padbury Church of England School | 0.92 | 13 | 3.201 miles |
| Twyford C of E School | 0.90 | 10 | 1.873 miles |
| Finmere Church of England Primary School | 0.80 | 10 | 2.615 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.