School admissions in Gerrards Cross
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 4 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.
Gerrards Cross in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 4 schools in Gerrards Cross first 224 times for 218 places: 1.03 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Buckinghamshire authority's 156 schools. One of the 4 had more first choices than places. For 2025 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Chalfont St Peter Infant School, to 0.64 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
4 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Gerrards Cross CofE School | 1.45 | 58 | 2.12 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 0.93 | 43 | not published |
| Robertswood School | 0.93 | 57 | not published |
| Chalfont St Peter Infant School | 0.78 | 60 | 0.642 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.