School admissions in Sawbridgeworth
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.
Sawbridgeworth in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 3 schools in Sawbridgeworth first 130 times for 137 places: 0.95 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Hertfordshire authority's 364 schools. 0 of the 3 had more first choices than places. For 2025 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Mandeville Primary School, to 0.92 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
3 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mandeville Primary School | 1.00 | 52 | 1487.29 m (≈0.92 mi) |
| Fawbert and Barnard Infants' School | 0.98 | 60 | 709.1 m (≈0.44 mi) |
| High Wych Church of England Primary School | 0.76 | 25 | 3758.57 m (≈2.34 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.