School admissions in Pudsey
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.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farsley Springbank Primary School | 1.30 | 60 | 0.751 miles |
| Greenside Primary School | 1.23 | 30 | 0.693 miles |
| Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School | 1.15 | 60 | 1.257 miles |
| Calverley Parkside Primary School | 1.04 | 27 | 1.195 miles |
| Lowtown Primary School | 1.00 | 30 | 1.242 miles |
| Southroyd Primary and Nursery School | 1.00 | 50 | 0.447 miles |
| Stanningley Primary School | 0.96 | 25 | 0.669 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | 0.92 | 26 | not published |
| Pudsey Waterloo Primary | 0.90 | 48 | 1.042 miles |
| Farsley Farfield Primary School | 0.85 | 60 | 2.1 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. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pudsey Grammar School | 1.34 | 214 | 1.01 miles |
| Crawshaw Academy | 0.84 | 196 | 2.041 miles |
| Co-op Academy Priesthorpe | 0.78 | 205 | 2.552 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.