School admissions in Stockton-on-Tees
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
42 schools. 5 received more first preferences than they had places.
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.
Year 7 places, September 2026
11 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingleby Manor Free School | 1.30 | 145 | not published |
| Egglescliffe School | 1.21 | 224 | 1.77 miles |
| Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy | 1.04 | 194 | 0.305 miles |
| Sedgefield Community College | 1.02 | 198 | 6.895 miles |
| Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth | 0.96 | 70 | not published |
| The Grangefield Academy | 0.95 | 195 | not published |
| Ian Ramsey Church of England Academy | 0.95 | 229 | not published |
| North Shore Academy | 0.94 | 164 | not published |
| All Saints Church of England Academy | 0.93 | 175 | 2.272 miles |
| St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy | 0.91 | 109 | not published |
| Thornaby Academy | 0.89 | 63 | 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.