School admissions in Warminster
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 2 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.
Warminster in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 13 schools in Warminster first 228 times for 225 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Wiltshire authority's 194 schools. 3 of the 13 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.65 miles (The Minster CofE Primary School) to 6.59 miles (Horningsham Primary 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
13 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St John's CofE School | 1.47 | 15 | not published |
| Horningsham Primary School | 1.17 | 12 | 6.586 miles |
| The Minster CofE Primary School | 1.03 | 30 | 0.645 miles |
| Crockerton CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 9 | not published |
| Sambourne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 1.00 | 11 | not published |
| The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre | 1.00 | 29 | not published |
| Whitesheet Church of England Primary Academy | 1.00 | 6 | not published |
| Wylye Valley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 1.00 | 14 | not published |
| Mere School | 0.95 | 43 | not published |
| New Close Primary School | 0.95 | 19 | not published |
| Princecroft Primary School | 0.92 | 26 | not published |
| St George's Catholic Primary School, Warminster | 0.88 | 8 | not published |
| Heytesbury Church of England Primary School | 0.67 | 3 | 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.