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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.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlacesCutoff distance
Wantage Primary AcademyWantage1.2361not published
The Hendreds Church of England SchoolWantage1.1718not published
St Nicholas CofE Primary SchoolWantage1.1315not published
Millbrook Primary SchoolWantage1.07582.062 miles 2018
Wantage Church of England Primary SchoolWantage0.9645not published
Stockham Primary SchoolWantage0.93280.384 miles 2025
Charlton Primary SchoolWantage0.91571.158 miles 2020
St Amand's Catholic Primary SchoolWantage0.8919not published
St Johns CofE AcademyWantage0.8852not published
St James Church of England Primary School, HanneyWantage0.8824not published
The Ridgeway Church of England (C) Primary SchoolWantage0.83121.852 miles 2019
Grove Church of England SchoolWantage0.789not 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.