School admissions in Dukinfield
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 6 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.
Dukinfield in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 6 schools in Dukinfield first 173 times for 173 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Tameside authority's 69 schools. 2 of the 6 had more first choices than places. For 2025 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery, to 0.59 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. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 1.23 | 30 | not published |
| Lyndhurst Primary School | 1.03 | 29 | not published |
| Yew Tree Primary School | 0.97 | 36 | not published |
| St John's CofE Primary School, Dukinfield | 0.97 | 35 | 0.424 miles |
| Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery | 0.88 | 24 | 0.595 miles |
| Ravensfield Primary School | 0.84 | 19 | 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.