School admissions in Middlewich
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 3 of these schools also have 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.
Middlewich in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 5 schools in Middlewich first 134 times for 136 places: 0.99 first choices per place. 2 of the 5 had more first choices than places. For 2023 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Wimboldsley Community Primary School, to 1.23 miles.
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
5 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wimboldsley Community Primary School | 1.07 | 15 | 1.229 miles |
| St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 1.05 | 21 | not published |
| Middlewich Primary School | 0.98 | 59 | 1.22 miles |
| Cledford Primary & Nursery Academy | 0.97 | 32 | not published |
| Byley Primary School and Nursery | 0.78 | 9 | not published |
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.