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School admissions in Sleaford

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

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

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
Church Lane Primary School & NurserySleaford1.5330
Billingborough Primary SchoolSleaford1.0015
Heckington St Andrew's Church of England SchoolSleaford1.0020
Helpringham Primary AcademySleaford1.0011
Ruskington Chestnut Street Church of England AcademySleaford1.0019
The Kirkby-la-Thorpe Church of England Primary SchoolSleaford1.0016
The St Gilbert of Sempringham Church of England Primary School, PointonSleaford1.007
Winchelsea Primary School RuskingtonSleaford1.0021
St Botolph's C of E Primary SchoolSleaford0.9653
Cranwell Primary School (Foundation)Sleaford0.9626
Rauceby Church of England Primary SchoolSleaford0.9418
William Alvey SchoolSleaford0.9452
Osbournby Primary SchoolSleaford0.9212
Brown's Church of England Primary SchoolSleaford0.867
Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademySleaford0.8211
The Leasingham St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolSleaford0.7818

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
Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective AcademySleaford1.19124
St George's AcademySleaford0.90343
Carre's Grammar SchoolSleaford0.84113

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.