School admissions in Hook
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 6 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.
Hook in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 6 schools in Hook first 291 times for 275 places: 1.06 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Hampshire authority's 324 schools. 2 of the 6 had more first choices than places. For 2024 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Whitewater Church of England Primary School, to 3.13 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
6 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Kingsley's Church of England Primary School | 1.43 | 28 | not published |
| Oakwood Infant School | 1.19 | 59 | 3.15 miles |
| Buryfields Infant School | 1.00 | 45 | 2.46 miles |
| Dogmersfield Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 20 | not published |
| Hook Infant School | 0.95 | 105 | 2.38 miles |
| Whitewater Church of England Primary School | 0.89 | 18 | 3.13 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.