School admissions in Normanton
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 1 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.
Normanton in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 6 schools in Normanton first 256 times for 259 places: 0.99 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Wakefield authority's 104 schools. One of the 6 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Normanton Common Primary Academy, to 1.01 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
6 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normanton Common Primary Academy | 1.11 | 45 | 1.014 miles |
| Martin Frobisher Infant School | 1.00 | 44 | not published |
| St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary School | 1.00 | 27 | not published |
| Normanton All Saints CofE Infant School | 0.96 | 68 | not published |
| Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery School | 0.93 | 45 | not published |
| Newlands Primary School | 0.93 | 30 | 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.