School admissions in Radstock
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
16 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke St Michael Primary School | 1.14 | 7 | not published |
| Longvernal Primary School | 1.13 | 30 | 1.894 miles |
| St Vigor & St John Church School | 1.10 | 30 | 0.556 miles |
| Kilmersdon Church School | 1.00 | 9 | not published |
| Oakhill Church School | 1.00 | 9 | not published |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 20 | not published |
| Midsomer Norton Primary School | 0.96 | 24 | not published |
| St John's CofE Primary School | 0.94 | 32 | not published |
| Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School | 0.92 | 13 | not published |
| Westfield Primary School | 0.90 | 39 | not published |
| Chewton Mendip Church of England VA Primary School | 0.89 | 19 | 5.458 miles |
| St Nicholas Church School | 0.89 | 18 | not published |
| Welton Primary School | 0.87 | 15 | not published |
| Hemington Primary School | 0.86 | 7 | not published |
| Leigh On Mendip School | 0.73 | 11 | not published |
| St Benedict's Catholic Primary School | 0.64 | 14 | 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.
Year 7 places, September 2026
3 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norton Hill Academy | 1.09 | 279 | 2.299 miles |
| Somervale Secondary School | 0.86 | 120 | not published |
| Writhlington School | 0.83 | 178 | 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.