School admissions in Leatherhead
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
9 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Raleigh School | 1.24 | 59 | not published |
| The Royal Kent CofE Primary School | 1.07 | 30 | 2.985 km (≈1.85 mi) |
| Great Bookham School | 1.05 | 60 | not published |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School | 1.05 | 60 | not published |
| Eastwick Infant School | 1.00 | 24 | not published |
| St Lawrence Primary School | 1.00 | 19 | not published |
| Fetcham Village Infant School | 0.94 | 51 | 1.225 km (≈0.76 mi) |
| Leatherhead Trinity School and Nursery | 0.93 | 29 | not published |
| Polesden Lacey Infant Academy | 0.71 | 7 | 2.4 km (≈1.49 mi) |
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
3 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| St Andrew's Catholic School | 1.60 | 236 |
| Howard of Effingham School | 0.96 | 244 |
| Therfield School | 0.56 | 228 |
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.