School admissions in Staines
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
7 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of the Rosary Primary School | 1.67 | 30 | not published |
| Town Farm Primary School & Nursery | 1.25 | 59 | 0.669 km (≈0.42 mi) |
| Laleham CofE VA Primary School | 1.00 | 59 | not published |
| Riverbridge Primary School | 0.96 | 89 | not published |
| Wraysbury Primary School | 0.93 | 30 | not published |
| Buckland Primary School | 0.87 | 52 | 2.258 km (≈1.40 mi) |
| Hythe Primary School | 0.66 | 59 | 0.713 km (≈0.44 mi) |
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.