School admissions in Hereford

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

43 schools. 7 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Stretton Sugwas CofE AcademyHereford	1.57	30
St Francis Xavier's Primary SchoolHereford	1.33	30
The Steiner Academy HerefordHereford	1.33	24
Hampton Dene Primary SchoolHereford	1.23	30
Staunton-on-Wye Endowed Primary SchoolHereford	1.12	16
St James' Church of England Primary SchoolHereford	1.03	30
Riverside Primary SchoolHereford	1.02	87
Burghill Community AcademyHereford	1.00	15
Burley Gate CofE Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	10
Clehonger CofE Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	10
Eardisley CofE Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	10
Ewyas Harold Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	13
Garway Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	8
Holmer CofE AcademyHereford	1.00	60
King's Caple Primary AcademyHereford	1.00	1
Kingstone and Thruxton Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	25
Little Dewchurch CofE Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	6
Longtown Community Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	5
Marden Primary AcademyHereford	1.00	13
Michaelchurch Escley Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	9
Much Birch CofE Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	26
Peterchurch Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	13
St Mary's Primary School, DilwynHereford	1.00	7
St Michael's CofE Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	12
St Weonard's AcademyHereford	1.00	3
Withington Primary SchoolHereford	1.00	4
Marlbrook Primary SchoolHereford	0.98	56
Lord Scudamore Primary AcademyHereford	0.96	52
Sutton Primary AcademyHEREFORD	0.96	26
Our Lady's RC Primary SchoolHereford	0.96	23
St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolHereford	0.95	60
Madley Primary SchoolHereford	0.95	19
St Martin's Primary SchoolHereford	0.94	35
Mordiford CofE Primary SchoolHereford	0.93	30
Wellington Primary School and NurseryHereford	0.91	11
Trinity Primary SchoolHereford	0.90	72
St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolHereford	0.86	7
St Thomas Cantilupe CofE AcademyHereford	0.86	28
Broadlands Primary SchoolHereford	0.81	16
Lugwardine Primary AcademyHereford	0.81	16
Almeley Primary SchoolHereford	0.75	8
Canon Pyon CofE AcademyHereford	0.75	8
St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolHereford	0.53	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

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

School	First preferences per place	Places
Fairfield High SchoolHereford	1.36	107
St Mary's RC High SchoolHereford	1.29	146
Weobley High SchoolHereford	1.20	107
Whitecross HerefordHereford	1.04	186
The Hereford Church of England AcademyHereford	0.91	127
The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat SchoolHereford	0.88	215
Aylestone SchoolHereford	0.84	67
Kingstone High SchoolHereford	0.74	80