School admissions in Crowborough
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.
Crowborough in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 7 schools in Crowborough first 244 times for 244 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the East Sussex authority's 141 schools. 3 of the 7 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Rotherfield Primary School, to 2.00 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. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashdown Primary School | 1.25 | 60 | not published |
| St John's Church of England Primary School | 1.13 | 30 | not published |
| Rotherfield Primary School | 1.03 | 30 | 3211 m (≈2.00 mi) |
| St Marys Catholic Primary School | 0.97 | 30 | not published |
| Sir Henry Fermor Church of England Primary School | 0.93 | 60 | not published |
| Mark Cross Church of England Aided Primary School | 0.92 | 13 | not published |
| Jarvis Brook Primary School | 0.33 | 21 | 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.