School admissions in Sheerness
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.
Sheerness in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 10 schools in Sheerness first 405 times for 405 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Kent authority's 429 schools. 0 of the 10 had more first choices than places. For 2025 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Richmond Primary School, to 0.74 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
10 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastchurch Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 17 | not published |
| Halfway Houses Primary School | 1.00 | 48 | not published |
| Minster in Sheppey Primary School | 1.00 | 87 | 0.776 miles |
| Richmond Primary School | 1.00 | 30 | 0.736 miles |
| Rose Street Primary School | 1.00 | 50 | 0.628 miles |
| St Edward's Catholic Primary School | 1.00 | 25 | 0.789 miles |
| St Georges CofE (Aided) Primary School | 1.00 | 48 | not published |
| St. Clement's CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 27 | not published |
| Thistle Hill Primary School | 1.00 | 38 | not published |
| West Minster Primary School | 1.00 | 35 | 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.