School admissions in Nantwich
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 15 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.
Nantwich in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 14 schools in Nantwich first 296 times for 305 places: 0.97 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Cheshire East authority's 121 schools. 2 of the 14 had more first choices than places. For 2024 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 1.75 miles (Weaver Primary School) to 2.78 miles (Sound and District Primary School).
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
14 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrenbury Primary School | 1.25 | 20 | 3.559 miles |
| Millfields Primary Academy | 1.03 | 30 | 0.688 miles |
| Bridgemere CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 13 | not published |
| Highfields Academy | 1.00 | 22 | 0.38 miles |
| Nantwich Primary Academy | 1.00 | 24 | not published |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | 1.00 | 26 | not published |
| St Oswald's Worleston CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 9 | not published |
| Stapeley Broad Lane CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 18 | not published |
| Weaver Primary School | 1.00 | 24 | 1.75 miles |
| Willaston Primary Academy | 1.00 | 27 | not published |
| Pear Tree Primary School | 0.91 | 23 | not published |
| Acton Church of England Primary Academy | 0.88 | 25 | not published |
| Wybunbury Delves CofE Primary School | 0.81 | 27 | not published |
| Sound and District Primary School | 0.71 | 17 | 2.775 miles |
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.