School admissions in Welling
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
8 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Stephen's Catholic Primary School | 1.41 | 59 | not published |
| Leigh Stationers' Primary Academy | 1.23 | 30 | 0.717 miles |
| Foster's Primary School | 1.10 | 59 | 0.321 miles |
| Hook Lane Primary School | 1.02 | 60 | 1.272 miles |
| St Michael's East Wickham Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 30 | not published |
| East Wickham Primary Academy | 0.97 | 60 | 1.575 miles |
| Danson Primary School | 0.81 | 90 | not published |
| Hillsgrove Primary School | 0.78 | 18 | 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
3 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Bexley Grammar School | 1.61 | 208 |
| Harris Academy Falconwood | 0.96 | 206 |
| Welling School | 0.80 | 199 |
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.