School admissions in Mexborough
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. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Mexborough St John the Baptist CofE Primary School | 1.10 | 30 |
| Kilnhurst Primary School | 1.00 | 19 |
| Kilnhurst St Thomas' CofE Primary Academy | 1.00 | 25 |
| New Pastures Primary School | 1.00 | 30 |
| Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School | 1.00 | 31 |
| Swinton Queen Primary School | 1.00 | 41 |
| Montagu Academy | 0.97 | 30 |
| Brookfield Primary Academy | 0.96 | 28 |
| Windhill Primary School | 0.96 | 25 |
| Highwoods Academy | 0.96 | 24 |
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.