School admissions in Towcester

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

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

School	First preferences per place	Places
John Hellins Primary SchoolTowcester	1.34	29
Silverstone Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester	1.23	30
Pattishall Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester	1.14	29
Blakesley Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester	1.00	12
Greens Norton Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester	1.00	16
Tiffield Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolTowcester	1.00	1
Whittlebury Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester	1.00	11
Marie Weller Primary SchoolTowcester	0.96	57
Towcester Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester	0.94	18
Nicholas Hawksmoor Primary SchoolTowcester	0.92	59
Stoke Bruerne Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester	0.88	8
Yardley Gobion Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester	0.88	8
Paulerspury Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester	0.57	7

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.