School admissions in Cinderford
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 4 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.
Cinderford in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 5 schools in Cinderford first 123 times for 124 places: 0.99 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Gloucestershire authority's 222 schools. One of the 5 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Steam Mills Primary School, to 1.49 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. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam Mills Primary School | 1.06 | 17 | 1.49 miles |
| Littledean Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 9 | 0.1 miles |
| St White's Primary School | 1.00 | 41 | 0.77 miles |
| Forest View Primary School | 0.98 | 53 | not published |
| Soudley School | 0.75 | 4 | 1.54 miles |
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.