School admissions in Leek
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 5 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.
Leek in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 8 schools in Leek first 181 times for 181 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Staffordshire authority's 296 schools. 0 of the 8 had more first choices than places. For 2024 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Horton St Michael's CofE First School, to 3.77 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. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints CofE First School | 1.00 | 34 | 1.37 miles |
| Beresford Memorial CofE First School | 1.00 | 24 | not published |
| Blackshaw Moor CofE First School | 1.00 | 8 | not published |
| Horton St Michael's CofE First School | 1.00 | 6 | 3.77 miles |
| St Edward's CofE Academy Cheddleton | 1.00 | 27 | not published |
| St Mary's Catholic Academy | 1.00 | 19 | not published |
| Westwood First School | 1.00 | 37 | 0.747 miles |
| Woodcroft Academy | 1.00 | 26 | 0.589 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.