School admissions in Scarborough

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

21 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Cayton Community Primary SchoolScarborough	1.38	29
Lindhead SchoolScarborough	1.07	30
Newby and Scalby AcademyScarborough	1.03	58
Barrowcliff SchoolScarborough	1.00	29
Brompton and Sawdon Community Primary SchoolScarborough	1.00	11
Friarage Community AcademyScarborough	1.00	22
Gladstone Road Primary SchoolScarborough	1.00	65
Hackness Church of England Primary SchoolScarborough	1.00	5
Hertford Vale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, StaxtonScarborough	1.00	4
Seamer and Irton Community Primary SchoolScarborough	1.00	59
Snainton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolScarborough	1.00	3
St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academyScarborough	1.00	11
St Peter's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academyScarborough	1.00	26
Thomas Hinderwell Primary AcademyScarborough	1.00	21
Wykeham Church of England Primary SchoolScarborough	1.00	4
Scarborough, Northstead Community Primary SchoolScarborough	0.96	55
East Ayton Community Primary SchoolScarborough	0.96	24
Wheatcroft Community Primary SchoolScarborough	0.96	24
Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary SchoolScarborough	0.94	35
Braeburn Primary and Nursery AcademyScarborough	0.90	29
St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, ScarboroughScarborough	0.88	34

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

4 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academyScarborough	1.47	115
George Pindar SchoolScarborough	1.10	156
Scalby AcademyScarborough	0.92	229
Graham SchoolScarborough	0.71	181