School admissions in Carshalton
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
10 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow Hedges Primary School | 1.28 | 89 | 1171.54 m (≈0.73 mi) |
| Victor Seymour Infants' School | 1.19 | 90 | 1091.64 m (≈0.68 mi) |
| Green Wrythe Primary School | 1.13 | 30 | 1392.39 m (≈0.87 mi) |
| All Saints Carshalton Church of England Primary School | 0.98 | 60 | not published |
| Tweeddale Primary School | 0.97 | 31 | not published |
| St Mary's RC Infants School | 0.94 | 67 | not published |
| Muschamp Primary School and Language Opportunity Base | 0.93 | 43 | 1500.82 m (≈0.93 mi) |
| Rushy Meadow Primary Academy | 0.87 | 31 | not published |
| Wood Field Primary School | 0.87 | 53 | not published |
| Stanley Park Infants School | 0.84 | 89 | 2223.48 m (≈1.38 mi) |
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.
Year 7 places, September 2026
4 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls | 1.02 | 231 | not published |
| Oaks Park High School | 0.80 | 270 | 4019 m (≈2.50 mi) |
| Carshalton High School for Girls | 0.73 | 267 | 3394 m (≈2.11 mi) |
| Carshalton Boys Sports College | 0.72 | 265 | 4762 m (≈2.96 mi) |
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.