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School admissions in Poulton-le-Fylde

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

10 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
Poulton-le-Fylde the Breck Primary SchoolPoulton-le-Fylde1.4335
Hambleton Primary AcademyPoulton-le-Fylde1.3330
Singleton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPoulton-le-Fylde1.3315
Carleton St Hilda's Church of England Primary SchoolPoulton-le-Fylde1.2030
Carter's Charity Voluntary Controlled Primary School, PreesallPoulton-Le-Fylde0.9315
Stalmine Primary SchoolPoulton-le-Fylde0.9315
Carleton Green Community Primary SchoolPoulton-le-Fylde0.8644
Preesall Fleetwood's Charity Church of England Primary SchoolPoulton-le-Fylde0.8015
Poulton-le-Fylde St Chad's CofE Primary SchoolPoulton-le-Fylde0.7929
Poulton-le-Fylde Carr Head Primary SchoolPoulton-le-Fylde0.7731

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.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
Saint Aidan's Church of England High SchoolPoulton-le-Fylde1.22160
Hodgson AcademyPoulton-Le-Fylde1.02212
Baines SchoolPoulton-le-Fylde0.63171

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.