School admissions in Grange-over-Sands
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 2 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.
Grange-over-Sands in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 6 schools in Grange-over-Sands first 53 times for 52 places: 1.02 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Westmorland and Furness authority's 112 schools. One of the 6 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Allithwaite CofE Primary School, to 1.50 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
6 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allithwaite CofE Primary School | 1.14 | 14 | 1.5 miles |
| Dean Barwick Primary School | 1.00 | 7 | not published |
| Flookburgh CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 6 | not published |
| Grange CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 23 | not published |
| Lindale CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 1 | not published |
| Cartmel CofE Primary School | 0.00 | 1 | 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.