School admissions in Wallingford
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.
Wallingford in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 12 schools in Wallingford first 281 times for 282 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Oxfordshire authority's 245 schools. 3 of the 12 had more first choices than places. For 2024 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 1.03 miles (Crowmarsh Gifford Church of England School) to 1.42 miles (Dorchester St Birinus Church of England 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. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowmarsh Gifford Church of England School | 1.32 | 28 | 1.029 miles |
| Ewelme CofE Primary School | 1.15 | 13 | not published |
| St Laurence Church of England School | 1.13 | 15 | not published |
| Abbey Woods Academy | 1.00 | 8 | not published |
| Dorchester St Birinus Church of England School | 1.00 | 9 | 1.423 miles |
| Fir Tree Primary School | 1.00 | 22 | not published |
| Cholsey Primary School | 0.98 | 51 | not published |
| St John's Primary School | 0.96 | 28 | 0.295 miles |
| Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell Church of England Primary School | 0.95 | 22 | not published |
| RAF Benson Community Primary School | 0.94 | 17 | not published |
| St Nicholas CofE Primary School , Wallingford | 0.88 | 26 | not published |
| Benson Church of England Primary School | 0.84 | 43 | 2.704 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.