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.
| 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.