School admissions in Marlborough

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

12 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
St Michael's CofE Aided PrimaryMarlborough	1.27	30
Ramsbury Primary SchoolMarlborough	1.07	30
Burbage Primary SchoolMarlborough	1.00	27
Kennet Valley Church of England Aided Primary SchoolMarlborough	1.00	13
Oare Church of England Primary SchoolMarlborough	1.00	3
Ogbourne CofE Primary SchoolMarlborough	1.00	13
Preshute Church of England Primary SchoolMarlborough	1.00	6
St Katharine's CofE Primary SchoolMarlborough	1.00	14
Marlborough St Mary's CE Primary SchoolMarlborough	0.98	48
Collingbourne Church of England Primary SchoolMarlborough	0.94	17
Great Bedwyn Church of England SchoolMarlborough	0.93	30
Baydon St Nicholas Church of England Primary SchoolMarlborough	0.83	6

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.