School admissions in Didcot
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. 5 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Didcot Primary Academy | 1.43 | 58 | not published |
| Aureus Primary School | 1.39 | 56 | not published |
| Sires Hill Primary Academy | 1.28 | 29 | not published |
| Hagbourne Church of England Primary School | 1.23 | 30 | 0.934 miles |
| Willowcroft Community School | 1.03 | 58 | 1.422 miles |
| Harwell Primary School | 0.93 | 30 | 1.4 miles |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School | 0.88 | 43 | not published |
| Blewbury Church of England Primary School | 0.86 | 22 | not published |
| Chilton County Primary School | 0.85 | 33 | 2.545 miles |
| South Moreton Primary School | 0.85 | 13 | 2.685 miles |
| Northbourne Church of England Primary School | 0.79 | 34 | not published |
| Ladygrove Park Primary School | 0.79 | 56 | 0.695 miles |
| Stephen Freeman Primary School | 0.75 | 57 | 0.77 miles |
| Manor Primary School | 0.54 | 28 | 0.817 miles |
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.
Year 7 places, September 2026
3 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Didcot Girls' School | 1.06 | 263 | 7.847 miles |
| Aureus School | 1.04 | 142 | not published |
| St Birinus School | 0.83 | 235 | 5.711 miles |
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.