School admissions in Sidcup
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
11 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birkbeck Primary School | 1.34 | 90 | 0.484 miles |
| Chatsworth Infant School | 1.02 | 60 | 0.686 miles |
| Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School | 0.93 | 42 | not published |
| Days Lane Primary School | 0.92 | 90 | 1.172 miles |
| St Peter Chanel Catholic Primary School | 0.91 | 22 | not published |
| Sherwood Park Primary School | 0.87 | 39 | not published |
| Hope Community School | 0.83 | 12 | not published |
| Longlands Primary School | 0.82 | 45 | 0.512 miles |
| Holy Trinity Lamorbey Church of England School | 0.74 | 23 | not published |
| Orchard Primary School | 0.63 | 30 | 0.675 miles |
| Royal Park Primary Academy | 0.57 | 51 | 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.
Year 7 places, September 2026
5 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School | 1.62 | 211 | not published |
| Cleeve Park School | 0.91 | 188 | not published |
| Hurstmere School | 0.58 | 202 | not published |
| Blackfen School for Girls | 0.54 | 223 | not published |
| Kemnal Technology College | 0.41 | 102 | 5.2 miles |
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.