School admissions in Burntwood
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
8 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Grove Primary Academy | 1.33 | 30 | 0.512 miles |
| Springhill Primary Academy | 1.07 | 29 | 0.559 miles |
| Fulfen Primary School | 1.03 | 59 | 1.81 miles |
| Ridgeway Primary Academy | 0.97 | 59 | 0.82 miles |
| St Joseph & St Theresa Catholic Primary School | 0.96 | 28 | not published |
| Boney Hay Primary Academy | 0.94 | 17 | not published |
| Highfields Primary Academy | 0.93 | 28 | 0.635 miles |
| Chase Terrace Primary School | 0.88 | 26 | 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.