School admissions in Reigate
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 8 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.
Reigate in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 5 schools in Reigate first 345 times for 325 places: 1.06 first choices per place, against 0.99 across the Surrey authority's 247 schools. 3 of the 5 had more first choices than places. For 2024 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Sandcross Primary School, to 0.73 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
5 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandcross Primary School | 1.43 | 60 | 1.176 km (≈0.73 mi) |
| Wray Common Primary School | 1.32 | 60 | 1.894 km (≈1.18 mi) |
| Holmesdale Community Infant School | 1.07 | 90 | 1.623 km (≈1.01 mi) |
| Reigate Parish Church Primary School | 0.98 | 60 | not published |
| Dovers Green School | 0.45 | 55 | 4.032 km (≈2.51 mi) |
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.