School admissions in Skegness
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 2 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.
Skegness in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 9 schools in Skegness first 255 times for 254 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Lincolnshire authority's 267 schools. One of the 9 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: The St Peter and St Paul C of E Primary School, to 4.31 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
9 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Primary Academy | 1.70 | 30 | not published |
| Chapel St Leonards Primary School | 1.00 | 17 | not published |
| Hogsthorpe Primary Academy | 1.00 | 3 | not published |
| Ingoldmells Academy | 1.00 | 10 | not published |
| The St Peter and St Paul C of E Primary School | 0.97 | 30 | 4.313 miles |
| The Wainfleet Magdalen Church of England/Methodist School | 0.96 | 23 | not published |
| The Richmond Primary Academy | 0.88 | 43 | not published |
| Seathorne Primary Academy | 0.88 | 34 | not published |
| Skegness Infant Academy | 0.86 | 64 | 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.