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. 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.
Staines in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 7 schools in Staines first 380 times for 378 places: 1.01 first choices per place. 2 of the 7 had more first choices than places. For 2025 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Hythe Primary School, to 0.44 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
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.