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. 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.
Erith in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 13 schools in Erith first 538 times for 538 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Bexley authority's 56 schools. 2 of the 13 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Barnehurst Infant School, to 0.63 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
13 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnehurst Infant School | 1.42 | 60 | 0.634 miles |
| St Fidelis Catholic Primary School | 1.17 | 60 | not published |
| Parkway Primary School | 1.00 | 18 | not published |
| Harris Garrard Academy | 0.98 | 44 | not published |
| Peareswood Primary School | 0.97 | 59 | 0.619 miles |
| Lime Wood Primary School | 0.94 | 52 | 1.309 miles |
| Northwood Primary School | 0.94 | 16 | not published |
| Northumberland Heath Primary School | 0.92 | 25 | not published |
| Haberdashers' Slade Green Primary | 0.90 | 48 | not published |
| Christ Church (Erith) CofE Primary School | 0.88 | 59 | not published |
| St. Paul's (Slade Green) Church of England Primary School | 0.88 | 24 | not published |
| Belmont Academy | 0.85 | 54 | 0.927 miles |
| St John Fisher Catholic 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.