School admissions in Romsey
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 7 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.
Romsey in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 8 schools in Romsey first 242 times for 242 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Hampshire authority's 324 schools. 2 of the 8 had more first choices than places. For 2025 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Braishfield Primary School, to 1.36 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. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellow Primary School | 1.17 | 29 | 3.97 miles |
| Romsey Abbey Church of England Primary School | 1.03 | 29 | not published |
| Braishfield Primary School | 1.00 | 12 | 1.36 miles |
| Lockerley Church of England Endowed Primary School | 1.00 | 13 | not published |
| Cupernham Infant School | 0.98 | 65 | not published |
| Halterworth Primary School | 0.98 | 54 | 1.209 miles |
| Awbridge Primary School | 0.91 | 23 | 1.73 miles |
| Romsey Primary School & Nursery | 0.88 | 17 | 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.