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. 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
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.