School admissions in Chessington
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 6 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.
Chessington in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 5 schools in Chessington first 201 times for 198 places: 1.02 first choices per place, against 0.98 across the Kingston upon Thames authority's 31 schools. 2 of the 5 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Castle Hill Primary School, to 0.50 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
5 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Hill Primary School | 1.17 | 60 | 806 m (≈0.50 mi) |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School | 1.13 | 30 | not published |
| Lovelace Primary School | 0.94 | 48 | 1664 m (≈1.03 mi) |
| Ellingham Primary School | 0.89 | 46 | 2.06 km (≈1.28 mi) |
| St Mary's CofE (Aided) Primary School | 0.79 | 14 | 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.