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School admissions in Gainsborough

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

17 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
Benjamin Adlard Primary SchoolGainsborough1.1128
Morton Trentside Primary SchoolGAINSBOROUGH1.0730
Corringham CofE VC Primary SchoolGainsborough1.009
Frances Olive Anderson Church of England (Aided) Primary SchoolGainsborough1.0026
Hemswell Cliff Primary SchoolGainsborough1.006
Kirton Lindsey Primary AcademyGainsborough1.0019
Scotter Primary SchoolGainsborough1.0021
The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary SchoolGainsborough1.0014
The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years AcademyGainsborough1.0038
The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary SchoolGainsborough1.0025
The Marton AcademyGainsborough1.0010
Waddingham Primary SchoolGainsborough1.008
Willoughton Primary SchoolGainsborough1.007
Castle Wood AcademyGainsborough0.9844
St George's Church of England Community Primary School, GainsboroughGainsborough0.9522
Blyton Cum Laughton Church of England SchoolGainsborough0.9111
Mercer's Wood AcademyGainsborough0.8816

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.

Year 7 places, September 2026

3 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
The Queen Elizabeth's High School, GainsboroughGainsborough1.18188
Kirton AcademyGainsborough0.8974
The Gainsborough AcademyGainsborough0.88155

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.