School admissions in Neston
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.
Neston in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 6 schools in Neston first 132 times for 131 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Cheshire West and Chester authority's 123 schools. One of the 6 had more first choices than places. For 2024 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 1.13 miles (Parkgate Primary School) to 1.38 miles (Willaston CofE 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
6 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willaston CofE Primary School | 1.20 | 30 | 1.375 miles |
| Neston Primary School | 1.00 | 6 | not published |
| Woodfall Primary and Nursery School | 1.00 | 38 | not published |
| St Winefride's Catholic Primary School | 0.95 | 22 | not published |
| Parkgate Primary School | 0.91 | 22 | 1.134 miles |
| Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School | 0.85 | 13 | 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.