School admissions in Chesterfield

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

54 schools. 13 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
St Mary's Catholic PrimaryChesterfield	1.67	60
Deer Park Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.26	50
Hollingwood Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.22	45
Barlborough Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.20	30
Grassmoor Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.20	30
Camms CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.14	29
Hady Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.11	44
Abercrombie Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.11	28
Walton Holymoorside Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.10	49
Scarcliffe Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.08	13
Ashover Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.07	30
St Joseph's Catholic and CofE (VA) Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.04	24
Tupton Primary and Nursery AcademyChesterfield	1.03	30
Arkwright Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.00	11
Barrow Hill Primary AcademyChesterfield	1.00	7
Bramley Vale Primary & Nursery SchoolChesterfield	1.00	14
Brockley Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.00	9
Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.00	27
Cutthorpe Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.00	14
Duckmanton Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.00	12
Mary Swanwick Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.00	30
New Bolsover Primary and Nursery SchoolChesterfield	1.00	22
New Whittington Community Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.00	21
Norbriggs Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.00	14
Pilsley Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.00	29
Sharley Park Community Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.00	46
Speedwell Infant SchoolChesterfield	1.00	17
Wigley Primary SchoolChesterfield	1.00	6
Bolsover Infant SchoolChesterfield	0.99	77
Brockwell Nursery and Infant SchoolChesterfield	0.98	59
Spire Nursery and Infant SchoolChesterfield	0.98	41
Clowne Infant and Nursery SchoolChesterfield	0.97	80
Holmgate Primary School and NurseryChesterfield	0.97	29
William Rhodes Primary and Nursery SchoolChesterfield	0.95	22
Inkersall Spencer AcademyChesterfield	0.94	52
Walton Peak Flying High AcademyChesterfield	0.94	17
Calow CofE VC Primary SchoolChesterfield	0.93	28
Whittington Moor Nursery and Infant AcademyChesterfield	0.93	14
Heath Primary SchoolChesterfield	0.93	41
Brampton Primary SchoolChesterfield	0.91	22
Palterton Primary SchoolChesterfield	0.91	11
Henry Bradley Infant SchoolChesterfield	0.89	46
Holme Hall Primary SchoolChesterfield	0.88	17
Hasland Infant SchoolChesterfield	0.88	80
Poolsbrook Primary AcademyChesterfield	0.87	15
Highfield Hall Primary SchoolChesterfield	0.86	36
Temple Normanton Primary AcademyChesterfield	0.86	14
Westfield Infant SchoolChesterfield	0.85	54
Newbold CofE Primary SchoolChesterfield	0.85	26
Park House Primary SchoolChesterfield	0.85	26
Hunloke Park Primary SchoolChesterfield	0.84	43
Dunston Primary and Nursery AcademyChesterfield	0.83	18
Brimington Manor Infant and Nursery SchoolChesterfield	0.79	19
Woodthorpe CofE Primary SchoolChesterfield	0.79	19

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

11 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary AcademyChesterfield	1.31	203
The Bolsover SchoolChesterfield	1.20	174
Brookfield Community SchoolChesterfield	1.06	173
Whittington Green SchoolChesterfield	0.98	125
Springwell Community CollegeChesterfield	0.97	164
Tupton Hall SchoolChesterfield	0.94	279
Parkside Community SchoolChesterfield	0.94	83
Outwood Academy Hasland HallChesterfield	0.92	165
Netherthorpe SchoolChesterfield	0.91	148
Outwood Academy NewboldChesterfield	0.87	150
Heritage High SchoolChesterfield	0.85	163