School admissions in Faringdon
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 8 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.
Faringdon in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 7 schools in Faringdon first 179 times for 175 places: 1.02 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Oxfordshire authority's 245 schools. 4 of the 7 had more first choices than places. For 2021 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Uffington Church of England Primary School, to 3.58 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
7 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longcot and Fernham Church of England Primary School | 1.60 | 20 | 2.826 miles |
| Stanford In the Vale CofE Primary School | 1.30 | 30 | 3.802 miles |
| The Elms Primary School | 1.26 | 27 | not published |
| Buckland Church of England Primary School | 1.07 | 15 | 2.359 miles |
| Folly View Primary | 0.78 | 58 | not published |
| Shellingford Church of England (Voluntary Aided) School | 0.53 | 15 | not published |
| Uffington Church of England Primary School | 0.50 | 10 | 3.575 miles |
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.