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School admissions in Ellesmere Port

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 13 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.

Ellesmere Port in figures

For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 19 schools in Ellesmere Port first 661 times for 670 places: 0.99 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Cheshire West and Chester authority's 123 schools. 6 of the 19 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 8 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.22 miles (Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School) to 1.54 miles (Sutton Green Primary School).

For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 3 schools in Ellesmere Port first 483 times for 507 places: 0.95 first choices per place, against 0.98 across the Cheshire West and Chester authority's 19 schools. 0 of the 3 had more first choices than places.

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

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

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlacesCutoff distance
Childer Thornton Primary SchoolEllesmere Port1.63300.76 miles 2025
Wolverham Primary and Nursery SchoolEllesmere Port1.52291.491 miles 2026
Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery SchoolEllesmere Port1.30300.218 miles 2026
Westminster Community Primary SchoolEllesmere Port1.20200.428 miles 2026
Little Sutton C of E Primary SchoolEllesmere Port1.13300.481 miles 2026
Rivacre Valley Primary SchoolEllesmere Port1.07450.306 miles 2026
Ellesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolEllesmere Port1.0028not published
Meadow Primary SchoolEllesmere Port1.00591.123 miles 2026
The Acorns Primary and Nursery SchoolEllesmere Port0.98450.902 miles 2026
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary SchoolELLESMERE PORT0.9225not published
Brookside Primary SchoolEllesmere Port0.9122not published
Sutton Green Primary SchoolEllesmere Port0.89451.536 miles 2026
Woodlands Primary SchoolEllesmere Port0.8763not published
Parklands Community Primary and Nursery SchoolEllesmere Port0.8730not published
The Oaks Community Primary SchoolEllesmere Port0.8520not published
Whitby Heath Primary SchoolEllesmere Port0.82501.13 miles 2025
St Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary & Nursery SchoolEllesmere Port0.7722not published
Rossmore SchoolEllesmere Port0.7128not published
William Stockton Community Primary SchoolEllesmere Port0.6749not 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

3 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
Ellesmere Port Church of England CollegeEllesmere Port0.96159
Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademyEllesmere Port0.95152
The Whitby High SchoolEllesmere Port0.94196

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.