School admissions in Newhaven
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.
Newhaven in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 4 schools in Newhaven first 134 times for 131 places: 1.02 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the East Sussex authority's 141 schools. 2 of the 4 had more first choices than places. For 2023 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Denton Community Primary School and Nursery, to 2.94 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
4 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harbour Primary and Nursery School | 1.35 | 60 | not published |
| Denton Community Primary School and Nursery | 1.07 | 30 | 4729 m (≈2.94 mi) |
| Breakwater Academy | 0.53 | 19 | not published |
| High Cliff Academy | 0.50 | 22 | 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.