School admissions in Uttoxeter
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.
Uttoxeter in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 9 schools in Uttoxeter first 189 times for 191 places: 0.99 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Staffordshire authority's 296 schools. One of the 9 had more first choices than places. For 2025 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Tynsel Parkes CofE Primary Academy, to 1.35 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
9 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 1.03 | 30 | not published |
| All Saints CofE Academy Denstone | 1.00 | 5 | 1.92 miles |
| Bramshall Meadows First School | 1.00 | 23 | 0.751 miles |
| Picknalls First School | 1.00 | 54 | 1.062 miles |
| St. Peter's Church of England First School | 1.00 | 6 | not published |
| Talbot First School | 1.00 | 8 | 3.58 miles |
| Tynsel Parkes CofE Primary Academy | 1.00 | 18 | 1.355 miles |
| St Mary's CofE (A) First School | 0.97 | 29 | not published |
| Dove CofE Academy | 0.89 | 18 | not published |
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.