School admissions in Ware
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
14 schools. 6 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunsdon Junior Mixed and Infant School | 1.38 | 16 | 1427.51 m (≈0.89 mi) |
| St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School | 1.07 | 14 | not published |
| Kingshill Infant School | 1.07 | 59 | 1468.97 m (≈0.91 mi) |
| Jenyns First School and Nursery | 1.07 | 15 | 4710.75 m (≈2.93 mi) |
| Priors Wood Primary School | 1.07 | 30 | 2569 m (≈1.60 mi) |
| Little Hadham Primary School | 1.05 | 20 | 4855.28 m (≈3.02 mi) |
| Little Munden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 1.00 | 11 | not published |
| Roger De Clare First CofE School | 1.00 | 27 | not published |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School | 1.00 | 24 | not published |
| St Catherine's Church of England Primary School | 0.96 | 53 | 1793.01 m (≈1.11 mi) |
| Christ Church CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery | 0.95 | 37 | not published |
| St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 0.93 | 29 | not published |
| St John the Baptist Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School | 0.89 | 18 | not published |
| Puller Memorial, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary School | 0.57 | 7 | 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.