School admissions in Nuneaton
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 21 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.
Nuneaton in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 25 schools in Nuneaton first 1,234 times for 1,233 places: 1.00 first choices per place. 7 of the 25 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 10 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.50 miles (St Anne's Catholic Academy) to 2.45 miles (Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy).
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 9 schools in Nuneaton first 1,560 times for 1,505 places: 1.04 first choices per place. 5 of the 9 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 4 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.39 miles (St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College) to 4.61 miles (Higham Lane School).
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
25 schools. 7 received more first preferences than they had places.
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
9 schools. 5 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Market Bosworth School | 1.32 | 173 | not published |
| St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College | 1.29 | 156 | 0.385 miles |
| Higham Lane North Academy | 1.11 | 142 | 3.047 miles |
| Etone College | 1.05 | 175 | 2.08 miles |
| Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academy | 1.04 | 164 | not published |
| Hartshill Academy | 0.93 | 181 | 2.191 miles |
| George Eliot Academy | 0.90 | 100 | not published |
| Higham Lane School | 0.88 | 248 | 4.609 miles |
| Nuneaton Academy | 0.86 | 166 | 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.