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School admissions in Washington

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

17 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlacesCutoff distance
Rickleton Primary SchoolWashington1.18612.08 miles 2026
Oxclose Primary AcademyWashington1.07282.055 miles 2026
Fatfield AcademyWashington1.03301.735 miles 2026
Albany Village Primary SchoolWashington1.0028not published
Barmston Village Primary SchoolWashington1.0017not published
George Washington Primary SchoolWashington1.00430.933 miles 2024
Holley Park AcademyWashington1.0023not published
John F Kennedy Primary SchoolWashington1.0033not published
Lambton Primary SchoolWashington1.0020not published
Marlborough Primary SchoolWashington1.0015not published
St Bede's Catholic Primary School, WashingtonWashington1.0022not published
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, WashingtonWashington1.00261.705 miles 2023
Usworth Colliery Primary SchoolWashington1.0043not published
Wessington Primary SchoolWashington1.00211.33 miles 2022
Biddick Primary SchoolWashington0.9624not published
Blackfell Primary SchoolWashington0.9315not published
St John Boste Catholic Primary School, WashingtonWashington0.92241.502 miles 2025

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.

Year 7 places, September 2026

4 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlacesCutoff distance
St Robert of Newminster Catholic School and Sixth Form College, WashingtonWashington1.102093.681 miles 2026
Washington AcademyWashington0.97108not published
Oxclose Community AcademyWashington0.941680.83 miles 2022
Biddick AcademyWashington0.931930.922 miles 2023

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.