School admissions in Kidlington
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 7 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.
Kidlington in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 8 schools in Kidlington first 151 times for 151 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Oxfordshire authority's 245 schools. 2 of the 8 had more first choices than places. For 2025 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Charlton-on-Otmoor Church of England Primary School, to 1.24 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
8 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr South's Church of England Primary School | 1.06 | 16 | not published |
| North Kidlington Primary School | 1.03 | 29 | 0.733 miles |
| Bletchingdon Parochial Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 5 | not published |
| St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Kidlington | 1.00 | 27 | not published |
| Tackley Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 7 | not published |
| West Kidlington Primary and Nursery School | 1.00 | 27 | not published |
| Edward Feild Primary School | 0.96 | 27 | not published |
| Charlton-on-Otmoor Church of England Primary School | 0.92 | 13 | 1.244 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.