School admissions in Norwich

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. None of these schools has 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.

Norwich in figures

For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 118 schools in Norwich first 3,184 times for 3,194 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Norfolk authority's 299 schools. 20 of the 118 had more first choices than places.

For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 21 schools in Norwich first 3,833 times for 3,853 places: 0.99 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Norfolk authority's 52 schools. 8 of the 21 had more first choices than places.

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

118 schools. 20 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Rackheath Primary SchoolNorwich	1.59	29
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary SchoolNorwich	1.29	59
Cringleford CE VA Primary SchoolNorwich	1.25	55
Hempnall Primary SchoolNorwich	1.25	20
Neatishead Church of England Primary SchoolNorwich	1.25	8
Mile Cross Primary SchoolNorwich	1.23	60
Alpington and Bergh Apton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolNorwich	1.20	20
St William's Primary SchoolNorwich	1.19	59
Reepham Primary SchoolNorwich	1.13	30
Thurton Primary SchoolNorwich	1.13	15
Little Melton Primary SchoolNorwich	1.12	17
Dussindale Primary SchoolNorwich	1.11	46
Cecil Gowing Infant SchoolNorwich	1.10	59
West Earlham Infant and Nursery SchoolNorwich	1.10	59
Lodge Lane Infant SchoolNorwich	1.09	56
Recreation Road Infant SchoolNorwich	1.09	90
Heather Avenue Infant SchoolNorwich	1.07	27
Swanton Abbott Community Primary SchoolNorwich	1.07	14
Mulbarton Primary SchoolNorwich	1.02	51
Charles Darwin Primary SchoolNorwich	1.02	58
Acle Church of England Primary AcademyNorwich	1.00	27
Aldborough Primary SchoolNorwich	1.00	19
Antingham and Southrepps Primary SchoolNorwich	1.00	5
Bacton Primary SchoolNorwich	1.00	7
Barnham Broom Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolNorwich	1.00	11
Bunwell Primary SchoolNorwich	1.00	5
Buxton Primary SchoolNorwich	1.00	24
Carleton Rode Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolNorwich	1.00	4
Cawston Church of England Primary AcademyNorwich	1.00	6
Colby Primary SchoolNorwich	1.00	16
Costessey Primary SchoolNorwich	1.00	76
Erpingham Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary SchoolNorwich	1.00	7
Fairhaven Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolNorwich	1.00	12
Forncett St Peter Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolNorwich	1.00	10
Freethorpe Community Primary and Nursery SchoolNorwich	1.00	20
Frettenham Primary SchoolNorwich	1.00	5
Garvestone Community Primary SchoolNorwich	1.00	6
Gresham Village School and NurseryNorwich	1.00	12
Hainford VC Primary SchoolNorwich	1.00	11
Happisburgh Church of England Primary AcademyNorwich	1.00	1
Hapton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolNorwich	1.00	1
Henderson Green Primary AcademyNorwich	1.00	9
Hevingham Primary SchoolNorwich	1.00	13
Hickling CofE Infants AcademyNorwich	1.00	4
Horning Community Primary SchoolNorwich	1.00	4
John of Gaunt Infant and Nursery SchoolNorwich	1.00	41
Loddon Infant and Nursery SchoolNorwich	1.00	29
Lyng Church of England Primary AcademyNorwich	1.00	8
Mundesley Infant SchoolNorwich	1.00	23
Newton Flotman Church of England Primary AcademyNorwich	1.00	3
Poringland Primary SchoolNorwich	1.00	59
Reedham Primary SchoolNorwich	1.00	7
St Mary's Church of England Primary AcademyNorwich	1.00	3
St Michael's Church of England VA Primary and Nursery SchoolNorwich	1.00	11
St Peter's CofE Primary Academy, EastonNorwich	1.00	22
Stalham Infant School and NurseryNorwich	1.00	19
Surlingham Primary SchoolNorwich	1.00	6
Sutton Church of England Infant AcdemyNorwich	1.00	10
Tacolneston Church of England Primary AcademyNorwich	1.00	7
The Free School NorwichNorwich	1.00	15
Thurlton Primary SchoolNorwich	1.00	6
Tivetshall Community Primary SchoolNorwich	1.00	3
Tuckswood AcademyNorwich	1.00	18
Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery SchoolNorwich	0.98	57
Lakenham Primary SchoolNorwich	0.98	57
Drayton Community Infant SchoolNorwich	0.98	50
Nightingale Infant & Nursery SchoolNorwich	0.98	46
Horsford CofE VA Primary SchoolNorwich	0.98	43
Sprowston Infant SchoolNorwich	0.97	40
Spixworth Infant SchoolNorwich	0.97	39
Manor Field Infant and Nursery SchoolNorwich	0.97	35
Angel Road Infant SchoolNorwich	0.97	34
Arden Grove Infant and Nursery SchoolNorwich	0.96	57
Garrick Green Infant SchoolNorwich	0.96	56
Edith Cavell Academy and NurseryNorwich	0.96	27
Mousehold Infant & Nursery SchoolNorwich	0.96	49
Coltishall Primary SchoolNorwich	0.96	24
Clover Hill VA Infant and Nursery SchoolNorwich	0.96	46
Norwich Primary AcademyNorwich	0.96	23
Hillside Avenue Primary and Nursery School, ThorpeNorwich	0.95	44
St John's Community Primary School and NurseryNorwich	0.95	21
Chapel Break Infant SchoolNorwich	0.95	41
Brundall Primary SchoolNorwich	0.95	20
Queen's Hill Primary SchoolNorwich	0.95	59
Hethersett VC Primary SchoolNorwich	0.95	58
Kinsale Infant SchoolNorwich	0.94	36
Lionwood Infant and Nursery SchoolNorwich	0.94	47
Bignold Primary School and NurseryNorwich	0.94	31
Wreningham VC Primary SchoolNorwich	0.93	15
Magdalen Gates Primary SchoolNorwich	0.93	28
Heartsease Primary AcademyNorwich	0.93	27
St. Clements Hill Primary AcademyNorwich	0.93	27
Hethersett Woodside Primary & Nursery SchoolNorwich	0.92	53
Banham Primary SchoolNorwich	0.92	13
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, CostesseyNorwich	0.92	39
Valley Primary AcademyNorwich	0.92	12
Little Plumstead Church of England Primary AcademyNorwich	0.90	29
Stoke Holy Cross Primary SchoolNorwich	0.89	19
Nelson Infant SchoolNorwich	0.89	45
St Faiths CofE Primary SchoolNorwich.	0.89	9
Tunstead Primary SchoolNorwich	0.89	9
Catton Grove Primary SchoolNorwich	0.88	59
Tasburgh Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolNorwich	0.88	8
Bluebell Primary SchoolNorwich	0.86	22
East Harling Primary School and NurseryNorwich	0.86	29
Hingham Primary SchoolNorwich	0.86	21
Seething and Mundham Primary SchoolNorwich	0.85	13
Eaton Primary SchoolNorwich	0.84	55
Brooke Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary SchoolNorwich	0.82	11
White House FarmNorwich	0.81	57
Barford Primary SchoolNorwich	0.80	5
The Bawburgh SchoolNorwich	0.80	10
Sparhawk Infant School & NurseryNorwich	0.79	42
Colman Infant SchoolNorwich	0.77	30
Hemblington Primary SchoolNorwich	0.75	20
Saxlingham Nethergate CofE VC Primary SchoolNorwich	0.75	4
Aslacton Primary SchoolNorwich	0.50	2
East Ruston Infant School & NurseryNorwich	0.50	4

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

21 schools. 8 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Notre Dame High School, NorwichNorwich	1.29	205
Broadland High Ormiston AcademyNorwich	1.09	150
Acle AcademyNorwich	1.07	134
Aylsham High SchoolNorwich	1.07	229
Framingham Earl High SchoolNorwich	1.06	167
Hethersett AcademyNorwich	1.05	279
City of Norwich School, An Ormiston AcademyNorwich	1.03	269
Ormiston Victory AcademyNorwich	1.01	284
Taverham High SchoolNorwich	1.00	211
Reepham High School and CollegeNorwich	0.98	136
Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth FormNorwich	0.97	314
Sewell Park AcademyNorwich	0.96	134
The Open AcademyNorwich	0.95	96
Stalham High SchoolNorwich	0.94	88
Sprowston Community AcademyNorwich	0.94	277
Jane Austen CollegeNorwich	0.92	179
Hobart High SchoolNorwich	0.91	119
Long Stratton High SchoolNorwich	0.89	122
Hellesdon High SchoolNorwich	0.86	196
Hewett AcademyNorwich	0.85	140
City Academy NorwichNorwich	0.80	124