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. 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
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.