School admissions in Canvey Island
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 2 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.
Canvey Island in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 8 schools in Canvey Island first 341 times for 345 places: 0.99 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Essex authority's 411 schools. 3 of the 8 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.59 miles (Lubbins Park Primary Academy) to 0.75 miles (William Read Primary Academy).
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
8 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canvey Island Infant School and Nursery | 1.20 | 59 | not published |
| Lubbins Park Primary Academy | 1.17 | 29 | 0.592 miles |
| William Read Primary Academy | 1.03 | 30 | 0.749 miles |
| Northwick Park Primary and Nursery Academy | 0.96 | 53 | not published |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School and Nursery | 0.93 | 30 | not published |
| Winter Gardens Academy | 0.93 | 44 | not published |
| Leigh Beck Infant School and Nursery Academy | 0.85 | 74 | not published |
| St Katherine's Church of England Primary School | 0.85 | 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.