School admissions in Driffield

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

16 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Nafferton Primary SchoolDriffield	1.29	45	1.762 miles 2026
Beeford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolDriffield	1.00	15	not published
Beswick and Watton CofE (VC) SchoolDriffield	1.00	4	not published
Brandesburton Primary SchoolDriffield	1.00	12	not published
Lockington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolDriffield	1.00	9	not published
Middleton-on-the-Wolds Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolDriffield	1.00	6	not published
North Frodingham Primary SchoolDriffield	1.00	2	not published
Skipsea Primary SchoolDriffield	1.00	11	not published
Sledmere Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolDriffield	1.00	4	not published
Driffield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant SchoolDriffield	0.94	49	not published
Hutton Cranswick Community Primary SchoolDriffield	0.93	27	not published
Wold Newton Foundation SchoolDriffield	0.92	13	not published
Northfield Infant SchoolDriffield	0.92	48	not published
Garton-on-the-Wolds Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolDriffield	0.90	10	not published
Burton Agnes Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolDriffield	0.88	8	not published
Kilham Church of England Voluntary Controlled SchoolDriffield	0.83	6	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.