School admissions in Cleethorpes
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 2 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.
Cleethorpes in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 7 schools in Cleethorpes first 224 times for 225 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the North East Lincolnshire authority's 45 schools. 0 of the 7 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Middlethorpe Primary Academy, to 1.56 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
7 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bursar Primary Academy | 1.00 | 22 | not published |
| Middlethorpe Primary Academy | 1.00 | 29 | 2.518 km (≈1.56 mi) |
| Queen Mary Avenue Infant School | 1.00 | 54 | not published |
| Reynolds Primary Academy | 1.00 | 26 | not published |
| Signhills Infant Academy | 1.00 | 53 | not published |
| St Peter's CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 12 | not published |
| Thrunscoe Primary and Nursery Academy | 0.97 | 29 | 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.