School admissions in Leominster
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 2 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.
Leominster in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 9 schools in Leominster first 133 times for 133 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Herefordshire, County of authority's 78 schools. 0 of the 9 had more first choices than places.
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
9 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Ivington CofE Primary and Pre-School | 1.00 | 10 |
| Kimbolton St James CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 13 |
| Kingsland CofE School | 1.00 | 19 |
| Leominster Primary School | 1.00 | 36 |
| Luston Primary School | 1.00 | 3 |
| Pembridge CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 14 |
| Shobdon Primary School | 1.00 | 12 |
| Stoke Prior Primary School | 1.00 | 10 |
| Wigmore Primary School | 1.00 | 16 |
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.