School admissions in Carterton
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 5 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.
Carterton in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 6 schools in Carterton first 192 times for 191 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Oxfordshire authority's 245 schools. 3 of the 6 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Gateway Primary School, to 3.26 miles.
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
6 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brize Norton Primary School | 1.37 | 19 | 1.271 miles |
| Gateway Primary School | 1.09 | 44 | 3.264 miles |
| Edith Moorhouse Primary School | 1.05 | 44 | 1.152 miles |
| Carterton Primary School | 0.95 | 22 | not published |
| St John the Evangelist CofE VA Primary School | 0.82 | 57 | not published |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Carterton | 0.80 | 5 | 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.