School admissions in Sandy
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 6 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.
Sandy in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 8 schools in Sandy first 262 times for 246 places: 1.07 first choices per place. 3 of the 8 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 1.21 miles (Maple Tree Primary School) to 3.02 miles (Barnabas Oley CofE Primary School).
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. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnabas Oley CofE Primary School | 1.30 | 20 | 3.016 miles |
| Potton Primary School | 1.17 | 59 | 4098.24 m (≈2.55 mi) |
| Maple Tree Primary School | 1.13 | 30 | 1949.63 m (≈1.21 mi) |
| Laburnum Primary School | 1.00 | 21 | not published |
| St Swithun's Church of England VC Primary School | 1.00 | 14 | 849.26 m (≈0.53 mi) |
| Robert Peel Primary School | 0.97 | 39 | not published |
| Wrestlingworth CofE Infant School | 0.95 | 22 | not published |
| Gamlingay Village Primary | 0.95 | 41 | 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.