School admissions in Ludlow
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 4 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.
Ludlow in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 6 schools in Ludlow first 119 times for 119 places: 1.00 first choices per place. 0 of the 6 had more first choices than places. For 2023 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Clee Hill Community Academy, to 4.98 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
6 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Hooper Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 11 | not published |
| Bitterley CofE Primary School (Aided) | 1.00 | 10 | not published |
| Clee Hill Community Academy | 1.00 | 15 | 4.977 miles |
| Ludlow Primary School | 1.00 | 31 | not published |
| Orleton CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 22 | not published |
| St Laurence CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 30 | not published |
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.