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. 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
10 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| All Saints Maldon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 1.40 | 45 |
| Wentworth Primary School | 1.13 | 60 |
| St Francis Catholic Primary School, Maldon | 1.07 | 30 |
| Great Totham Primary School | 1.05 | 59 |
| Tollesbury School | 0.96 | 23 |
| Limebrook Primary School and Nursery | 0.93 | 30 |
| Woodham Walter Church of England Primary Academy | 0.83 | 12 |
| Maldon Primary School | 0.81 | 21 |
| Heybridge Primary School | 0.80 | 55 |
| Tolleshunt D'Arcy St Nicholas Primary Academy | 0.80 | 25 |
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.