School admissions in Newark

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

33 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
The Claypole Church of England Primary SchoolNewark	1.03	33	not published
All Saints Anglican/Methodist Primary SchoolNewark	1.00	14	not published
Barnby Road Academy Primary and Nursery schoolNewark	1.00	67	0.67 miles 2025
Bishop Alexander L.E.A.D. AcademyNewark	1.00	25	not published
Chuter Ede Primary SchoolNewark	1.00	82	0.64 miles 2025
Coddington CofE Primary and Nursery SchoolNewark	1.00	48	not published
Dunham-on-Trent CofE Primary SchoolNewark	1.00	13	not published
East Markham Primary SchoolNewark	1.00	16	not published
Flintham Primary SchoolNewark	1.00	3	not published
Halam Church of England Primary SchoolNewark	1.00	9	not published
Holy Trinity Catholic Voluntary AcademyNewark	1.00	17	not published
John Blow Primary SchoolNewark	1.00	22	not published
John Hunt AcademyNewark	1.00	32	not published
Maun Infant and Nursery SchoolNewark	1.00	34	not published
Mount CofE Primary SchoolNewark	1.00	15	not published
Newark Flying High AcademyNewark	1.00	12	not published
North Clifton Primary SchoolNewark	1.00	3	not published
Norwell CofE Primary SchoolNewark	1.00	13	not published
Queen Eleanor Primary SchoolNewark	1.00	4	3.4 miles 2025
St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolNewark	1.00	30	not published
St Matthew's CofE Primary SchoolNewark	1.00	8	not published
St Peter's Crosskeys CofE AcademyNewark	1.00	22	not published
Sutton-On-Trent Primary and Nursery SchoolNewark	1.00	18	not published
The King's Church of England Primary AcademyNewark	1.00	18	not published
The Parkgate AcademyNewark	1.00	43	not published
Tuxford Primary AcademyNewark	1.00	19	3.59 miles 2025
Winthorpe Primary SchoolNewark	1.00	15	2.4 miles 2025
The Sir Donald Bailey AcademyNewark	0.98	49	not published
Bilsthorpe Flying High AcademyNewark	0.97	31	not published
Muskham Primary SchoolNewark	0.96	23	not published
Long Bennington Church of England AcademyNewark	0.93	28	not published
Kirklington Primary SchoolNewark	0.89	9	not published
Walesby CofE Primary SchoolNewark	0.89	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.

Year 7 places, September 2026

5 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
The Suthers SchoolNewark	1.09	149	2.6 miles 2026
The Newark AcademyNewark	1.08	207	1.34 miles 2026
Tuxford AcademyNewark	1.02	243	6.31 miles 2026
The Dukeries AcademyNewark	0.88	118	not published
Magnus Church of England AcademyNewark	0.69	140	not published