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School admissions in Dover

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

20 schools. 7 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlacesCutoff distance
Selsted Church of England Primary SchoolDover1.27153.491 miles 2026
Shepherdswell Church of England Primary SchoolDOVER1.27301.793 miles 2026
White Cliffs Primary and Nursery SchoolDover1.20300.314 miles 2026
Whitfield Aspen SchoolDover1.18781.798 miles 2026
Langdon Primary SchoolDover1.13151.748 miles 2026
Temple Ewell Church of England Primary SchoolDover1.10201.514 miles 2026
Charlton Church of England Primary SchoolDover1.03301.224 miles 2026
Nonington Church of England Primary SchoolDover1.003not published
Priory Fields SchoolDover1.0032not published
Shatterlocks Infant and Nursery SchoolDover0.9842not published
St Martin's SchoolDover0.9730not published
St Richard's Catholic Primary SchoolDover0.9626not published
River Primary SchoolDover0.95602.185 miles 2026
Aycliffe Community Primary SchoolDover0.9418not published
Green Park Community Primary SchoolDover0.9448not published
St Margaret's-at-Cliffe Primary SchoolDover0.8919not published
Vale View Community SchoolDover0.8715not published
Dover, St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolDover0.8020not published
Eythorne Elvington Community Primary SchoolDover0.8020not published
Lydden Primary SchoolDover0.628not 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.

Year 7 places, September 2026

6 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
Dover Grammar School for GirlsDover1.27140
Dover Grammar School for BoysDover1.17157
Dover Christ Church AcademyDover1.05131
Duke of York's Royal Military SchoolDover1.0428
St Edmund's Catholic SchoolDover0.99138
Astor Secondary SchoolDover0.56117

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.