School admissions in Sutton-in-Ashfield
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 5 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.
Sutton-in-Ashfield in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 12 schools in Sutton-in-Ashfield first 425 times for 422 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Nottinghamshire authority's 254 schools. 3 of the 12 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 5 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.36 miles (Forest Glade Primary School) to 1.21 miles (St Andrew's CofE Primary and Nursery School).
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
12 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Glade Primary School | 1.08 | 36 | 0.36 miles |
| Mapplewells Primary and Nursery School | 1.08 | 50 | 0.74 miles |
| St Mary Magdalene CofE Primary School | 1.04 | 27 | 0.9 miles |
| Croft Primary School | 1.00 | 20 | not published |
| Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School | 1.00 | 27 | not published |
| Hillocks Primary Academy | 1.00 | 21 | not published |
| Priestsic Primary and Nursery School | 1.00 | 44 | not published |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary and Nursery School | 1.00 | 48 | 1.21 miles |
| Leamington Primary and Nursery Academy | 0.98 | 64 | 0.77 miles |
| Dalestorth Primary and Nursery School | 0.97 | 36 | not published |
| Woodland View Primary and Nursery School | 0.95 | 19 | not published |
| Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School | 0.93 | 30 | 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.