School admissions in Walton-on-Thames
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 5 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.
Walton-on-Thames in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 3 schools in Walton-on-Thames first 169 times for 173 places: 0.98 first choices per place, against 0.99 across the Surrey authority's 247 schools. One of the 3 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Grovelands Primary School, to 0.50 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
3 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grovelands Primary School | 1.13 | 60 | 0.802 km (≈0.50 mi) |
| Ashley Church of England Primary School | 0.91 | 55 | not published |
| Walton Oak Primary School | 0.88 | 58 | 0.76 km (≈0.47 mi) |
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.