School admissions in St Neots
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 15 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.
St Neots in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 15 schools in St Neots first 505 times for 508 places: 0.99 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Cambridgeshire authority's 199 schools. 3 of the 15 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 5 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.22 miles (Middlefield Primary Academy) to 1.37 miles (Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School).
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
15 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middlefield Primary Academy | 1.21 | 29 | 0.222 miles |
| Wintringham Primary Academy | 1.05 | 60 | 1.014 miles |
| Eynesbury CofE C Primary School | 1.03 | 30 | 0.846 miles |
| Bushmead Primary School | 1.00 | 60 | 1.204 miles |
| Great Paxton CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 6 | not published |
| Great Staughton Primary Academy | 1.00 | 13 | not published |
| Priory Park Infant School & Pre-School | 1.00 | 60 | 1.374 miles |
| Buckden CofE Primary School | 0.98 | 44 | 3.165 miles |
| Crosshall Infant School | 0.96 | 76 | 1.554 miles |
| The Round House Primary Academy | 0.96 | 50 | not published |
| Little Paxton Primary School | 0.94 | 35 | not published |
| Winhills Primary Academy | 0.92 | 24 | not published |
| Offord Primary School | 0.91 | 11 | not published |
| The Newton Community Primary School | 0.86 | 7 | not published |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots | 0.67 | 3 | 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.