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. 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
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.