School admissions in Wantage
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
12 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wantage Primary Academy | 1.23 | 61 | not published |
| The Hendreds Church of England School | 1.17 | 18 | not published |
| St Nicholas CofE Primary School | 1.13 | 15 | not published |
| Millbrook Primary School | 1.07 | 58 | 2.062 miles |
| Wantage Church of England Primary School | 0.96 | 45 | not published |
| Stockham Primary School | 0.93 | 28 | 0.384 miles |
| Charlton Primary School | 0.91 | 57 | 1.158 miles |
| St Amand's Catholic Primary School | 0.89 | 19 | not published |
| St Johns CofE Academy | 0.88 | 52 | not published |
| St James Church of England Primary School, Hanney | 0.88 | 24 | not published |
| The Ridgeway Church of England (C) Primary School | 0.83 | 12 | 1.852 miles |
| Grove Church of England School | 0.78 | 9 | 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.