School admissions in Pulborough
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 3 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. 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.
Pulborough in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 8 schools in Pulborough first 188 times for 188 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the West Sussex authority's 208 schools. 3 of the 8 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Thakeham Primary School, to 0.12 miles.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
Reception places, September 2026
8 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thakeham Primary School | 1.93 | 15 | 190.71 m (≈0.12 mi) |
| Bury CofE Primary School | 1.31 | 13 | not published |
| Ashington CofE Primary School | 1.27 | 30 | not published |
| St James' CofE Primary School, Coldwaltham | 1.00 | 8 | not published |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School | 0.97 | 31 | not published |
| Storrington Primary School | 0.78 | 49 | not published |
| West Chiltington Community Primary School | 0.70 | 27 | not published |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School | 0.60 | 15 | 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.