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School admissions in Lancaster

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

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

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, LancasterLancaster1.2730
St Wilfrid's Cof E Primary SchoolLancaster1.1429
Caton St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolLancaster1.1225
Austwick Church of England VA Primary SchoolLancaster1.003
Castle View Primary AcademyLancaster1.007
Cawthorne's Endowed SchoolLancaster1.001
Dolphinholme Church of England Primary SchoolLancaster1.0014
Ellel St John the Evangelist Church of England Primary SchoolLancaster1.0028
Hornby St Margaret's Church of England Primary SchoolLancaster1.001
Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary SchoolLancaster1.0042
St Josephs Catholic Primary School, LancasterLancaster1.009
Tatham Fells Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolLancaster1.005
The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, LancasterLancaster1.0018
Wray with Botton Endowed Primary SchoolLancaster1.007
Scotforth St Paul's Church of England Primary and Nursery SchoolLancaster0.9627
Bowerham Primary & Nursery SchoolLancaster0.9652
Lancaster Christ Church Church of England Primary SchoolLancaster0.9521
Bentham Community Primary SchoolLANCASTER0.9520
Moorside Primary SchoolLancaster0.9447
Skerton St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolLancaster0.9329
Willow Lane Community Primary SchoolLancaster0.9328
Caton Primary SchoolLancaster0.9212
Lancaster Ryelands Primary SchoolLancaster0.9144
Quernmore Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolLancaster0.8312
Slyne-with-Hest, St Luke's, Church of England Primary SchoolLancaster0.8330

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.

Year 7 places, September 2026

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

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
Ripley St Thomas Church of England AcademyLancaster1.22289
Lancaster Girls' Grammar SchoolLancaster1.13184
Lancaster Royal Grammar SchoolLancaster1.12164
Lancaster High SchoolLancaster0.84122
Our Lady's Catholic CollegeLancaster0.80166

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.