School admissions in East Grinstead
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 8 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.
East Grinstead in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 8 schools in East Grinstead first 260 times for 261 places: 1.00 first choices per place. 2 of the 8 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Estcots Primary School, to 0.91 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
8 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwell Primary School | 1.55 | 29 | not published |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School, East Grinstead | 1.03 | 29 | 1773.29 m (≈1.10 mi) |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School | 1.00 | 19 | 1126.06 m (≈0.70 mi) |
| The Meads Primary School | 0.97 | 31 | not published |
| Estcots Primary School | 0.95 | 59 | 1463.35 m (≈0.91 mi) |
| Halsford Park Primary School | 0.87 | 52 | 2090 m (≈1.30 mi) |
| Felbridge Primary School | 0.86 | 28 | 2.958 km (≈1.84 mi) |
| Baldwins Hill Primary School, East Grinstead | 0.79 | 14 | 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.