School admissions in Newmarket
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
13 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exning Primary School | 1.63 | 30 | 0.919 miles |
| Kettlefields Primary School | 1.37 | 19 | 1.505 miles |
| Kennett Primary School | 1.07 | 15 | 1.738 miles |
| Wickhambrook Primary Academy | 1.00 | 19 | not published |
| St Louis Catholic Academy | 0.97 | 39 | not published |
| Ditton Lodge Primary School | 0.97 | 30 | 0.93 miles |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School, Newmarket | 0.92 | 13 | not published |
| Burrough Green CofE Primary Academy | 0.92 | 12 | 2.409 miles |
| Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy | 0.91 | 47 | not published |
| Moulton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 0.87 | 30 | 3.902 miles |
| Cheveley CofE Primary School | 0.84 | 19 | 3.516 miles |
| Paddocks Primary School | 0.84 | 25 | not published |
| Laureate Community Academy | 0.80 | 20 | 0.195 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.