School admissions in Knutsford
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.
Knutsford in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 7 schools in Knutsford first 196 times for 198 places: 0.99 first choices per place. 2 of the 7 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Lower Peover CofE Primary School, to 4.25 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
7 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bexton Primary School | 1.27 | 59 | 1.26 miles |
| Lower Peover CofE Primary School | 1.03 | 29 | 4.247 miles |
| Manor Park Primary School and Nursery | 0.95 | 19 | not published |
| Mobberley CofE Primary School | 0.90 | 30 | 2.37 miles |
| Peover Superior Endowed Primary School | 0.87 | 15 | not published |
| High Legh Primary School | 0.81 | 16 | not published |
| Egerton Primary School | 0.67 | 30 | 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.