School admissions in Ilkley
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.
Ilkley in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 7 schools in Ilkley first 256 times for 254 places: 1.01 first choices per place. 3 of the 7 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 4 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.38 miles (The Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School) to 2.83 miles (Burley and Woodhead CofE Primary 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
7 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints' CofE Primary School | 1.43 | 30 | not published |
| Burley Oaks Primary School | 1.18 | 60 | 0.651 miles |
| Addingham Primary School | 1.14 | 29 | 2.628 miles |
| Menston Primary School | 0.90 | 52 | not published |
| Burley and Woodhead CofE Primary School | 0.90 | 30 | 2.826 miles |
| The Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School | 0.77 | 13 | 0.381 miles |
| Ashlands Primary School | 0.62 | 40 | 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.