School admissions in Matlock

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

21 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Bonsall CofE (A) Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	2
Brassington Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	12
Carsington and Hopton Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	2
Castle View Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	7
Crich Carr CofE Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	4
Cromford Church of England Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	4
Darley Churchtown Church of England Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	7
Darley Dale Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	29
Lea Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	15
Matlock Bath Holy Trinity CofE Controlled Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	5
Middleton Community Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	11
Rowsley CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	8
South Darley CofE Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	8
St Giles Church of England Primary and Nursery SchoolMatlock	1.00	9
St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary AcademyMatlock	1.00	14
Stanton-in-Peak CofE Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	10
Tansley Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	10
Winster CofE Primary SchoolMatlock	1.00	1
Wirksworth CofE Infant SchoolMatlock	1.00	9
All Saints CofE Infant SchoolMatlock	0.98	42
Crich Church of England Infant SchoolMatlock	0.90	10

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.