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School admissions in Erith

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

13 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlacesCutoff distance
Barnehurst Infant SchoolErith1.42600.634 miles 2026
St Fidelis Catholic Primary SchoolErith1.1760not published
Parkway Primary SchoolErith1.0018not published
Harris Garrard AcademyErith0.9844not published
Peareswood Primary SchoolErith0.97590.619 miles 2025
Lime Wood Primary SchoolErith0.94521.309 miles 2025
Northwood Primary SchoolErith0.9416not published
Northumberland Heath Primary SchoolErith0.9225not published
Haberdashers' Slade Green PrimaryErith0.9048not published
Christ Church (Erith) CofE Primary SchoolErith0.8859not published
St. Paul's (Slade Green) Church of England Primary SchoolERITH0.8824not published
Belmont AcademyErith0.85540.927 miles 2025
St John Fisher Catholic Primary SchoolErith0.8419not 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.