School admissions in Rye
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 3 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.
Rye in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 5 schools in Rye first 71 times for 73 places: 0.97 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the East Sussex authority's 141 schools. 0 of the 5 had more first choices than places. For 2023 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Beckley Church of England Primary School, to 4.47 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. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beckley Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 10 | 7201 m (≈4.47 mi) |
| Northiam Church of England Primary School and Nursery | 1.00 | 22 | not published |
| Peasmarsh Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 8 | 2883 m (≈1.79 mi) |
| Rye Community Primary School | 0.95 | 21 | not published |
| Brede Primary School | 0.92 | 12 | 8172 m (≈5.08 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.