School admissions in Clacton-on-Sea
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.
Clacton-on-Sea in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 14 schools in Clacton-on-Sea first 620 times for 614 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Essex authority's 411 schools. 4 of the 14 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 4 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 1.35 miles (Burrsville Infant Academy) to 2.94 miles (Tendring Primary School).
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
14 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holland Haven Primary School | 1.37 | 60 | 1.611 miles |
| Tendring Primary School | 1.27 | 30 | 2.938 miles |
| Engaines Primary School and Nursery | 1.18 | 38 | not published |
| Cann Hall Primary School | 1.03 | 58 | 1.401 miles |
| St Osyth Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 36 | not published |
| Burrsville Infant Academy | 0.98 | 60 | 1.351 miles |
| White Hall Academy and Nursery | 0.95 | 75 | not published |
| Oakwood Infant and Nursery School | 0.94 | 63 | not published |
| Sir Martin Frobisher Academy | 0.92 | 26 | not published |
| Ravens Academy | 0.90 | 20 | not published |
| Weeley St Andrew's CofE Primary School | 0.89 | 18 | not published |
| St Clare's Catholic Primary School | 0.88 | 42 | not published |
| Holland Park Primary School | 0.87 | 60 | not published |
| Rolph Church of England Primary School and Nursery | 0.82 | 28 | 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.