School admissions in Fordingbridge
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 1 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.
Fordingbridge in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 6 schools in Fordingbridge first 108 times for 109 places: 0.99 first choices per place. 0 of the 6 had more first choices than places.
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
6 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Breamore Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 9 |
| Fordingbridge Infant School | 1.00 | 43 |
| Hyde Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 2 |
| St James' Church of England First School and Nursery, Alderholt | 1.00 | 22 |
| Western Downland Church of England Aided Primary School | 1.00 | 25 |
| Hale Primary School | 0.88 | 8 |
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.