School admissions in Grantham

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

31 schools. 6 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
The Little Gonerby Church of England Primary Academy, GranthamGrantham	1.50	30
Denton CofE SchoolGrantham	1.30	10
Corby Glen Community Primary SchoolGrantham	1.07	15
Barkston and Syston CofE Primary SchoolGrantham	1.06	16
The Isaac Newton Primary SchoolGrantham	1.03	32
Barrowby Church of England Primary SchoolGrantham	1.03	34
Allington with Sedgebrook Church of England Primary SchoolGrantham	1.00	11
Belmont Community Primary SchoolGrantham	1.00	10
Buckminster Primary SchoolGrantham	1.00	6
Bythams Primary SchoolGrantham	1.00	7
Caythorpe Primary SchoolGrantham	1.00	6
Cliffedale Primary SchoolGrantham	1.00	17
Croxton Kerrial Church of England Primary SchoolGrantham	1.00	2
Great Ponton Church of England SchoolGrantham	1.00	1
Ingoldsby AcademyGrantham	1.00	3
South Witham AcademyGrantham	1.00	9
St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary SchoolGrantham	1.00	4
The Harrowby Church of England Primary SchoolGrantham	1.00	9
The Marston Thorold's Charity Church of England SchoolGrantham	1.00	7
West Grantham Church of England Primary AcademyGrantham	1.00	13
Belton Lane Community Primary SchoolGrantham	0.97	40
St Anne's Church of England Primary School, GranthamGrantham	0.97	30
Huntingtower Community Primary AcademyGrantham	0.97	58
Poplar Farm SchoolGrantham	0.96	50
Ancaster CofE Primary SchoolGrantham	0.96	23
The St Sebastian's Church of England Primary School, Great GonerbyGrantham	0.95	21
Colsterworth Church of England Primary SchoolGrantham	0.94	18
The Gonerby Hill Foot Church of England Primary SchoolGrantham	0.94	33
The Ropsley Church of England Primary SchoolGrantham	0.93	14
The Harlaxton Church of England Primary SchoolGrantham	0.77	22
Saint Mary's Catholic Voluntary AcademyGrantham	0.67	15

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

6 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
The King's School, GranthamGrantham	1.64	171
Kesteven and Grantham Girls' SchoolGrantham	1.49	180
The Priory Ruskin AcademyGrantham	1.14	196
Charles Read AcademyGrantham	1.12	49
West Grantham Church of England Secondary AcademyGrantham	0.94	123
Walton AcademyGrantham	0.46	175