School admissions in Leigh-on-Sea
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
10 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chalkwell Hall Infant School | 1.19 | 88 | 0.106 miles |
| West Leigh Infant School | 1.07 | 120 | 2.095 miles |
| Eastwood Primary School & Nursery | 1.07 | 57 | 0.548 miles |
| Darlinghurst Academy | 1.02 | 60 | 0.618 miles |
| Edwards Hall Primary School | 0.97 | 58 | 2.12 miles |
| Fairways Primary School | 0.95 | 42 | not published |
| Heycroft Primary School | 0.92 | 12 | not published |
| Leigh North Street Primary School | 0.91 | 66 | 1.007 miles |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School | 0.88 | 43 | not published |
| Blenheim Primary School | 0.79 | 86 | 1.399 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.