School admissions in Todmorden
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 3 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.
Todmorden in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 7 schools in Todmorden first 120 times for 120 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Calderdale authority's 79 schools. 0 of the 7 had more first choices than places. For 2024 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Walsden St Peter's CE (VC) Primary School, to 1.03 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
7 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Hill Primary School | 1.00 | 23 | not published |
| Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School | 1.00 | 6 | not published |
| Ferney Lee Primary School | 1.00 | 29 | not published |
| Shade Primary School | 1.00 | 10 | 1.801 miles |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Academy | 1.00 | 7 | not published |
| Todmorden CofE J, I & N School | 1.00 | 26 | 0.545 miles |
| Walsden St Peter's CE (VC) Primary School | 1.00 | 19 | 1.03 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.