School admissions in Redhill
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. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nutfield Church CofE Primary School | 1.30 | 30 | 2.072 km (≈1.29 mi) |
| Merstham Primary School | 1.20 | 30 | not published |
| Earlswood Infant and Nursery School | 1.16 | 90 | 0.66 km (≈0.41 mi) |
| Bletchingley Village Primary School | 1.00 | 26 | 2.124 km (≈1.32 mi) |
| St John's Primary School | 0.93 | 30 | 0.647 km (≈0.40 mi) |
| St Matthew's CofE Primary School | 0.80 | 60 | not published |
| Salfords Primary School and Nursery | 0.80 | 49 | not published |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 0.79 | 73 | not published |
| Furzefield Primary Academy | 0.65 | 52 | 2.175 km (≈1.35 mi) |
| Hatchlands Primary | 0.63 | 35 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| St Bede's School | 1.48 | 316 |
| Merstham Park School | 0.82 | 137 |
| Carrington School | 0.55 | 213 |
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.