School admissions in Lytham St Annes
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.
Lytham St Annes in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 7 schools in Lytham St Annes first 233 times for 230 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Lancashire authority's 472 schools. One of the 7 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Lytham Hall Park Primary School, to 3.10 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
7 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lytham Hall Park Primary School | 1.25 | 60 | 3.1 miles |
| Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School | 0.97 | 61 | not published |
| St Annes on Sea St Thomas' Church of England Primary School | 0.96 | 26 | not published |
| Clifton Primary School | 0.95 | 22 | not published |
| Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School | 0.95 | 20 | not published |
| Ansdell Primary School | 0.86 | 28 | not published |
| Lytham Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 0.77 | 13 | 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.