School admissions in Stalybridge
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 9 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.
Stalybridge in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 9 schools in Stalybridge first 241 times for 243 places: 0.99 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Tameside authority's 69 schools. One of the 9 had more first choices than places. For 2021 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Stalyhill Infant School, to 1.10 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
9 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millbrook Primary School | 1.03 | 30 | not published |
| Buckton Vale Primary School | 1.00 | 24 | not published |
| Dixons Silver Springs Primary | 1.00 | 43 | not published |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School, Stalybridge | 1.00 | 24 | not published |
| St Raphael's Catholic Primary School | 1.00 | 27 | not published |
| Stalyhill Infant School | 1.00 | 43 | 1.102 miles |
| St. Peter's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 0.96 | 25 | not published |
| Arlies Primary School | 0.93 | 14 | 0.676 miles |
| Wild Bank Primary School | 0.92 | 13 | 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.