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School admissions in Hexham

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

14 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
Henshaw Church of England Primary SchoolHexham1.176
Beaufront First SchoolHexham1.0715
The Sele First SchoolHexham1.0258
Acomb First SchoolHexham1.006
Bellingham Primary SchoolHexham1.008
Chollerton Church of England Aided First SchoolHexham1.004
Humshaugh Church of England First SchoolHexham1.0011
Newbrough Church of England Primary SchoolHexham1.007
Shaftoe Trust AcademyHexham1.009
Wark Church of England Primary SchoolHexham1.007
Whitfield CofE Primary SchoolHexham1.003
Whitley Chapel Church of England First SchoolHexham1.004
St Mary's Catholic First School, HexhamHexham0.9010
Hexham First SchoolHexham0.899

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.