School admissions in Droitwich
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 4 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.
Droitwich in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 6 schools in Droitwich first 156 times for 159 places: 0.98 first choices per place, against 0.99 across the Worcestershire authority's 177 schools. One of the 6 had more first choices than places. For 2025 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Chawson First School, to 0.58 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
6 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chawson First School | 1.02 | 59 | 0.582 miles |
| Himbleton CofE Primary School and Nursery | 1.00 | 11 | 5.055 miles |
| Wychbold First and Nursery School | 1.00 | 20 | not published |
| Cutnall Green CofE Primary School | 0.95 | 20 | not published |
| Westlands First School | 0.95 | 19 | not published |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 0.93 | 30 | 0.831 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.