School admissions in Consett
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 1 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.
Consett in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 14 schools in Consett first 299 times for 298 places: 1.00 first choices per place. One of the 14 had more first choices than places. For 2022 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Ebchester CofE Primary School, to 2.78 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
14 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castleside Primary School | 1.15 | 20 | not published |
| Bishop Ian Ramsey CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 24 | not published |
| Delves Lane Primary School | 1.00 | 24 | not published |
| Ebchester CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 10 | 2.776 miles |
| Leadgate Primary School - Split Site | 1.00 | 27 | not published |
| Moorside Primary Academy | 1.00 | 8 | not published |
| Our Lady and St Joseph Brooms Catholic Primary School, Leadgate | 1.00 | 6 | not published |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Blackhill | 1.00 | 26 | not published |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Consett | 1.00 | 39 | not published |
| St Pius Xth Catholic Primary School, Consett | 1.00 | 5 | not published |
| The Grove Primary School | 1.00 | 16 | not published |
| Whittonstall First School | 1.00 | 7 | not published |
| Consett Infant School | 0.98 | 52 | not published |
| Shotley Bridge Primary School | 0.97 | 34 | 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.