School admissions in Tewkesbury
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 9 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.
Tewkesbury in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 12 schools in Tewkesbury first 263 times for 270 places: 0.97 first choices per place. 4 of the 12 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 4 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.75 miles (Ashchurch Primary School) to 2.77 miles (Twyning 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. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overbury CofE First School | 1.20 | 15 | 2.37 miles |
| Twyning School | 1.20 | 15 | 2.77 miles |
| Ashchurch Primary School | 1.19 | 21 | 0.75 miles |
| Northway Infant School | 1.03 | 29 | not published |
| Mitton Manor Primary School | 1.00 | 22 | 1.51 miles |
| The John Moore Primary School | 1.00 | 45 | 0.77 miles |
| Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First School | 0.90 | 21 | not published |
| Tewkesbury Church of England Primary School | 0.90 | 41 | 1.94 miles |
| Tirlebrook Primary School | 0.90 | 20 | not published |
| Queen Margaret Primary Academy | 0.85 | 20 | 2.38 miles |
| Oak Hill Church of England Primary School | 0.71 | 7 | not published |
| Tredington Community Primary School | 0.64 | 14 | 1.4 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.