School admissions in Henley-on-Thames
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 8 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.
Henley-on-Thames in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 8 schools in Henley-on-Thames first 172 times for 178 places: 0.97 first choices per place. 2 of the 8 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.48 miles (Valley Road School) to 2.99 miles (Nettlebed Community School).
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
8 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Road School | 1.33 | 30 | 0.477 miles |
| Nettlebed Community School | 1.20 | 20 | 2.994 miles |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Henley-on-Thames | 1.00 | 9 | not published |
| Badgemore Primary School | 0.88 | 17 | not published |
| Trinity Church of England Primary School | 0.86 | 35 | 0.371 miles |
| Shiplake Church of England School | 0.85 | 27 | not published |
| Frieth Church of England Combined School | 0.85 | 26 | 1.515 miles |
| Peppard Church of England Primary School | 0.64 | 14 | 0.845 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.