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. 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
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.