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School admissions in Selby

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

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

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
Selby, Longman's Hill Community Primary SchoolSelby1.4730
Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSelby1.3730
Wistow Parochial Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSelby1.1020
Barlow Church of England Primary SchoolSelby1.008
Barwic Parade Community Primary School, SelbySelby1.0015
Camblesforth Community Primary AcademySelby1.0011
Chapel Haddlesey Church of England Primary SchoolSelby1.0010
Cliffe Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSelby1.0014
Hemingbrough Community Primary SchoolSelby1.0013
North Duffield Community Primary SchoolSelby1.0014
Selby Abbey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSelby0.9842
Selby Community Primary SchoolSelby0.9627
Barlby Community Primary SchoolSelby0.9538
Brayton Church of England Primary SchoolSelby0.9358
Staynor Hall Primary AcademySelby0.9041
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademySelby0.8520
Thorpe Willoughby Community Primary SchoolSelby0.8142

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

3 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
Brayton AcademySelby1.03231
Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and ScienceSelby0.92228
Barlby High SchoolSelby0.7795

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.