School admissions in Swadlincote

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

24 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Fairmeadows Foundation Primary SchoolSwadlincote	1.34	29
St Edward's Catholic AcademySwadlincote	1.33	30
Overseal Primary SchoolSwadlincote	1.07	30
Donisthorpe Primary SchoolSwadlincote	1.03	29
Coton-in-the-Elms Cof E Primary SchoolSwadlincote	1.00	11
Eureka Primary SchoolSwadlincote	1.00	19
Measham Church of England Primary SchoolSwadlincote	1.00	11
Netherseal St Peter's CofE (C) Primary SchoolSwadlincote	1.00	4
Rosliston CofE Primary SchoolSwadlincote	1.00	5
Sir John Moore Church of England Primary SchoolSwadlincote	1.00	6
Snarestone Church of England SchoolSwadlincote	1.00	7
St Charles Catholic Primary Voluntary AcademySwadlincote	1.00	20
Walton On Trent CofE Primary and Nursery SchoolSwadlincote	1.00	15
Linton Primary SchoolSwadlincote	0.97	38
Albert Village Primary SchoolSwadlincote	0.96	28
Church Gresley Infant and Nursery SchoolSwadlincote	0.96	76
Moira Primary SchoolSwadlincote	0.95	21
Three Trees Infant AcademySwadlincote	0.95	40
Hartshorne CofE Primary SchoolSwadlincote	0.94	18
St George's CofE Primary SchoolSwadlincote	0.92	26
Newhall Infant SchoolSwadlincote	0.92	61
Oakthorpe Primary SchoolSwadlincote	0.92	12
Blackfordby St Margaret's Church of England Primary SchoolSwadlincote	0.86	14
Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery SchoolSwadlincote	0.79	38

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

3 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Granville AcademySwadlincote	1.12	182
The Pingle AcademySwadlincote	0.86	204
Mercia AcademySwadlincote	0.83	138