School admissions in Harwich
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.
Harwich in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 7 schools in Harwich first 208 times for 208 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Essex authority's 411 schools. One of the 7 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Harwich Community Primary School and Nursery, to 1.86 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
7 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harwich Community Primary School and Nursery | 1.03 | 30 | 1.857 miles |
| All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Great Oakley | 1.00 | 18 | not published |
| Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery | 1.00 | 48 | not published |
| Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery | 1.00 | 33 | not published |
| St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Ramsey | 1.00 | 18 | not published |
| The Mayflower Primary School | 1.00 | 43 | not published |
| All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt | 0.94 | 18 | 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.