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School admissions in Leyland

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

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

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
Trinity and St Michael's VA CofE/Methodist Primary SchoolLeyland1.2730
St Catherine's Catholic Primary SchoolLeyland1.1730
Farington Primary SchoolLeyland1.1330
Leyland St James Church of England Primary SchoolLeyland1.1128
Lancaster Lane Primary and Pre-SchoolLeyland1.0329
Bretherton Endowed Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolLeyland1.0015
Leyland St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary SchoolLeyland1.0016
Moss Side Primary SchoolLeyland1.0030
Seven Stars Primary SchoolLeyland0.9730
Leyland Methodist Infant SchoolLeyland0.9544
Northbrook Primary AcademyLeyland0.9315
Lever House Primary SchoolLeyland0.8843
Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary SchoolLeyland0.8730
St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolLeyland0.8121

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
St Mary's Catholic High SchoolLeyland1.24160
Balshaw's Church of England High SchoolLeyland1.12179
Bishop Rawstorne Church of England AcademyLeyland1.06179
Academy@WordenLeyland0.70174
Wellfield AcademyLeyland0.59120

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.