School admissions in Pinner
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
7 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cannon Lane Primary School | 1.27 | 89 | 0.851 miles |
| Pinner Wood School | 1.27 | 89 | 0.778 miles |
| St John Fisher Catholic Primary School | 1.11 | 87 | not published |
| West Lodge Primary School | 1.09 | 89 | 0.663 miles |
| Grimsdyke School | 0.96 | 90 | 1.498 miles |
| Coteford Infant School | 0.94 | 31 | 2062.05 m (≈1.28 mi) |
| Pinner Park Primary School | 0.69 | 119 | 0.858 miles |
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
3 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinner High School | 1.34 | 169 | 0.548 miles |
| Nower Hill High School | 1.26 | 310 | 0.886 miles |
| Haydon School | 0.35 | 158 | 11149 m (≈6.93 mi) |
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.