School admissions in Tadley
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 6 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.
Tadley in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 5 schools in Tadley first 205 times for 202 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Hampshire authority's 324 schools. 2 of the 5 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Tadley Community Primary School, to 0.82 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
5 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Priory Primary School | 1.28 | 29 | not published |
| Tadley Community Primary School | 1.23 | 30 | 0.82 miles |
| Bramley Church of England Primary School | 0.95 | 73 | 2.45 miles |
| Burnham Copse Primary School | 0.91 | 33 | 0.9 miles |
| Bishopswood Infant School | 0.86 | 37 | 0.47 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.