School admissions in Wednesbury
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
15 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Darlaston | 1.43 | 30 | not published |
| Old Park Primary School | 1.33 | 60 | not published |
| Kings Hill Primary School | 1.02 | 60 | 0.933 miles |
| Holyhead Primary Academy | 1.00 | 29 | not published |
| The Priory Primary School | 1.00 | 60 | not published |
| Salisbury Primary School | 0.96 | 25 | not published |
| St John's Church of England Primary Academy | 0.94 | 17 | not published |
| Mesty Croft Primary | 0.93 | 46 | not published |
| Woods Bank Academy | 0.93 | 30 | not published |
| Park Hill Primary School | 0.93 | 27 | not published |
| Pinfold Street Primary School | 0.92 | 49 | 0.588 miles |
| Tameside Primary Academy | 0.92 | 36 | not published |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | 0.90 | 29 | not published |
| Old Church Church of England C Primary School | 0.88 | 48 | 1.45 miles |
| Albert Pritchard Infant School | 0.85 | 46 | 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.
Year 7 places, September 2026
4 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Green Academy | 1.02 | 256 | not published |
| Wodensborough Ormiston Academy | 0.96 | 210 | not published |
| Grace Academy Darlaston | 0.88 | 206 | 1.126 miles |
| Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School | 0.84 | 110 | 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.