School admissions in Faversham
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 9 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.
Faversham in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 12 schools in Faversham first 326 times for 319 places: 1.02 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Kent authority's 429 schools. 3 of the 12 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 6 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.24 miles (St Mary of Charity CofE (Aided) Primary School) to 2.53 miles (Sheldwich Primary School).
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
12 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hernhill Church of England Primary School | 1.57 | 30 | 2.381 miles |
| St Mary of Charity CofE (Aided) Primary School | 1.57 | 30 | 0.237 miles |
| Sheldwich Primary School | 1.37 | 30 | 2.527 miles |
| Selling Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 5 | not published |
| Ethelbert Road Primary School | 0.93 | 30 | 0.494 miles |
| Ospringe Church of England Primary School | 0.93 | 30 | 1.549 miles |
| Eastling Primary School | 0.92 | 13 | 3.041 miles |
| Boughton-under-Blean and Dunkirk Primary School | 0.90 | 30 | 2.297 miles |
| Luddenham School | 0.85 | 27 | not published |
| Davington Primary School | 0.73 | 60 | 1.028 miles |
| Graveney Primary School | 0.73 | 11 | not published |
| Bysing Wood Primary School | 0.70 | 23 | 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.