School admissions in Evesham
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
15 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bengeworth CE Academy | 1.09 | 89 | 0.99 miles |
| Sedgeberrow CofE First School | 1.03 | 30 | 2.956 miles |
| Bretforton Village School | 1.00 | 9 | not published |
| Harvington CofE First School | 1.00 | 23 | 3.373 miles |
| Swan Lane First School | 1.00 | 31 | 3.76 miles |
| St Andrew's CofE School and Nursery | 0.97 | 39 | 0.969 miles |
| St Richard's CofE First School | 0.95 | 40 | not published |
| Ashton-under-Hill First School | 0.94 | 18 | not published |
| The Littletons Church of England Academy | 0.94 | 18 | not published |
| Offenham Church of England First School | 0.93 | 15 | 2.575 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | 0.93 | 15 | not published |
| Badsey First School | 0.89 | 28 | 1.87 miles |
| Church Lench CofE First School | 0.88 | 8 | not published |
| Honeybourne Primary Academy | 0.88 | 24 | 3.164 miles |
| Salford Priors CofE Academy | 0.67 | 6 | 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.