School admissions in Rickmansworth
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
15 schools. 7 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Russell School | 1.66 | 29 | 1011.17 m (≈0.63 mi) |
| Harvey Road Primary School | 1.55 | 29 | 1314.56 m (≈0.82 mi) |
| Rickmansworth Park Junior Mixed and Infant School | 1.43 | 30 | 3657.01 m (≈2.27 mi) |
| St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School | 1.10 | 30 | not published |
| Yorke Mead Primary School | 1.09 | 58 | 2244.5 m (≈1.39 mi) |
| St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 1.07 | 30 | not published |
| Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School | 1.02 | 57 | 1491.91 m (≈0.93 mi) |
| Christ Church Chorleywood CofE School | 0.93 | 29 | not published |
| St John Catholic Primary School | 0.92 | 13 | not published |
| Maple Cross Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School | 0.84 | 19 | not published |
| Chorleywood Primary School | 0.80 | 30 | 2218.88 m (≈1.38 mi) |
| Shepherd Primary | 0.77 | 26 | not published |
| Arnett Hills Junior Mixed and Infant School | 0.70 | 30 | 1335.16 m (≈0.83 mi) |
| Sarratt Church of England Primary School | 0.67 | 18 | not published |
| Chenies School | 0.50 | 2 | 1.496 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
5 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| St Clement Danes School | 1.28 | 231 |
| Rickmansworth School | 1.23 | 237 |
| Croxley Danes School | 0.79 | 165 |
| The Reach Free School | 0.77 | 109 |
| Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School | 0.74 | 199 |
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.