School admissions in Oswestry
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
14 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryn Offa CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 18 | not published |
| Gobowen Primary School | 1.00 | 29 | 1.457 miles |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery | 1.00 | 30 | not published |
| Kinnerley Church of England Primary School and Nursery | 1.00 | 15 | not published |
| Morda CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 20 | 0.57 miles |
| Our Lady and St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | 1.00 | 16 | not published |
| Selattyn CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 8 | not published |
| St Martins School (3-16 Learning Community) | 1.00 | 21 | not published |
| The Meadows Primary School | 1.00 | 34 | 0.65 miles |
| Trefonen CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 9 | not published |
| West Felton Church of England Primary School and Nursery | 1.00 | 20 | not published |
| Weston Rhyn Primary School | 1.00 | 17 | not published |
| Whittington CofE (VA) Primary School | 1.00 | 32 | not published |
| Woodside Primary School | 1.00 | 64 | 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.