School admissions in Market Rasen
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. None of these schools has 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.
Market Rasen in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 12 schools in Market Rasen first 137 times for 137 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Lincolnshire authority's 267 schools. 0 of the 12 had more first choices than places.
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 3 schools in Market Rasen first 382 times for 393 places: 0.97 first choices per place, against 1.02 across the Lincolnshire authority's 53 schools. One of the 3 had more first choices than places.
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
12 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Binbrook CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 3 |
| Caistor CofE and Methodist Primary School | 1.00 | 15 |
| Faldingworth Community Primary School | 1.00 | 5 |
| Kelsey Primary School | 1.00 | 13 |
| Legsby Primary School | 1.00 | 3 |
| Nettleton Community Primary School | 1.00 | 4 |
| Normanby Primary School | 1.00 | 8 |
| Osgodby Primary School | 1.00 | 7 |
| Tealby School | 1.00 | 12 |
| The Market Rasen Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 31 |
| The Middle Rasen Primary School | 1.00 | 15 |
| Wragby Primary School | 1.00 | 21 |
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
3 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Caistor Grammar School | 1.26 | 113 |
| Caistor Yarborough Academy | 0.96 | 141 |
| De Aston School | 0.75 | 139 |
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.