School admissions in Sowerby Bridge
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.
Sowerby Bridge in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 8 schools in Sowerby Bridge first 145 times for 137 places: 1.06 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Calderdale authority's 79 schools. One of the 8 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Bolton Brow Primary Academy, to 0.35 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
8 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton Brow Primary Academy | 1.34 | 29 | 0.351 miles |
| Norland CE School | 1.00 | 4 | 2.779 miles |
| Ripponden Junior and Infant School | 1.00 | 29 | not published |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy | 1.00 | 11 | 0.471 miles |
| St John's Primary School In Rishworth | 1.00 | 20 | 2.165 miles |
| Trinity Academy St Peter's | 1.00 | 4 | not published |
| New Road Primary School | 0.95 | 21 | not published |
| Triangle CofE VC Primary School | 0.95 | 19 | 0.697 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.