School admissions in Stone
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 4 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.
Stone in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 7 schools in Stone first 207 times for 205 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Staffordshire authority's 296 schools. One of the 7 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Manor Hill First School, to 0.64 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. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manor Hill First School | 1.20 | 45 | 0.644 miles |
| Oulton CofE First School | 1.00 | 11 | 2.506 miles |
| Springfields First School | 1.00 | 18 | not published |
| St Michael's CofE (C) First School | 1.00 | 41 | 1.03 miles |
| St Dominic's Catholic Primary School | 0.96 | 26 | not published |
| Christ Church CofE First School | 0.92 | 25 | not published |
| Pirehill First School | 0.90 | 39 | 4.167 miles |
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.