School admissions in Congleton
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
9 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Havannah Primary School | 1.38 | 29 | 0.456 miles |
| The Quinta Primary School | 1.13 | 60 | not published |
| Astbury St Mary's CofE Primary School | 1.07 | 15 | not published |
| Black Firs Primary School | 0.98 | 44 | not published |
| Mossley CofE Primary School | 0.93 | 59 | 1.353 miles |
| Marlfields Primary School | 0.90 | 21 | not published |
| Buglawton Primary School | 0.87 | 30 | 0.789 miles |
| Daven Primary School | 0.80 | 10 | not published |
| Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School | 0.70 | 23 | 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.