School admissions in Maldon
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 5 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.
Maldon in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 10 schools in Maldon first 366 times for 360 places: 1.02 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Essex authority's 411 schools. 4 of the 10 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 4 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.69 miles (St Francis Catholic Primary School, Maldon) to 2.16 miles (Great Totham Primary School).
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
10 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints Maldon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 1.40 | 45 | not published |
| Wentworth Primary School | 1.13 | 60 | 0.77 miles |
| St Francis Catholic Primary School, Maldon | 1.07 | 30 | 0.689 miles |
| Great Totham Primary School | 1.05 | 59 | 2.159 miles |
| Tollesbury School | 0.96 | 23 | not published |
| Limebrook Primary School and Nursery | 0.93 | 30 | 2.093 miles |
| Woodham Walter Church of England Primary Academy | 0.83 | 12 | not published |
| Maldon Primary School | 0.81 | 21 | not published |
| Heybridge Primary School | 0.80 | 55 | not published |
| Tolleshunt D'Arcy St Nicholas Primary Academy | 0.80 | 25 | 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.