School admissions in Sunbury-on-Thames
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 7 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.
Sunbury-on-Thames in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 6 schools in Sunbury-on-Thames first 214 times for 229 places: 0.93 first choices per place, against 0.99 across the Surrey authority's 247 schools. 0 of the 6 had more first choices than places. For 2025 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Hawkedale Primary School, to 0.47 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
6 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chennestone Primary School | 1.00 | 25 | 0.577 km (≈0.36 mi) |
| Kenyngton Manor Primary School | 0.97 | 38 | not published |
| Beauclerc Infant and Nursery School | 0.95 | 22 | 2.203 km (≈1.37 mi) |
| Springfield Primary School | 0.95 | 57 | 1.406 km (≈0.87 mi) |
| Hawkedale Primary School | 0.90 | 29 | 0.76 km (≈0.47 mi) |
| St Ignatius Catholic Primary School | 0.88 | 58 | 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.