School admissions in Newton-le-Willows
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 4 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.
Newton-le-Willows in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 5 schools in Newton-le-Willows first 218 times for 215 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the St. Helens authority's 53 schools. 2 of the 5 had more first choices than places. For 2024 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: St Peter's CofE Primary School, to 0.52 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
5 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Peter's CofE Primary School | 1.50 | 28 | 0.524 miles |
| The District CofE Primary School | 1.05 | 44 | not published |
| Lyme Community Primary School | 1.00 | 30 | 0.425 miles |
| Wargrave CofE Primary School | 0.93 | 57 | not published |
| Newton-le-Willows Primary School | 0.84 | 56 | 1.277 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.