School admissions in Wellingborough

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 6 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.

Wellingborough in figures

For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 23 schools in Wellingborough first 981 times for 970 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the North Northamptonshire authority's 98 schools. 5 of the 23 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 4 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.76 miles (Stanwick Primary School) to 3.21 miles (Irchester Community Primary School).

For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 5 schools in Wellingborough first 1,023 times for 1,052 places: 0.97 first choices per place, against 0.98 across the North Northamptonshire authority's 21 schools. One of the 5 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Wrenn School, to 3.93 miles.

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

23 schools. 5 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Stanwick Primary SchoolWellingborough	1.77	30	0.76 miles 2026
Stanton Cross Primary SchoolWellingborough	1.23	60	not published
Finedon Nursery and Infant SchoolWellingborough	1.09	54	2.021 miles 2026
All Saints CEVA Primary School and NurseryWellingborough	1.03	30	not published
Redwell Primary SchoolWellingborough	1.03	90	1.593 miles 2026
Bozeat Community Primary SchoolWellingborough	1.00	24	not published
Croyland Primary SchoolWellingborough	1.00	48	not published
Great Doddington PrimaryWellingborough	1.00	26	not published
Irchester Community Primary SchoolWellingborough	1.00	60	3.205 miles 2026
Olympic PrimaryWellingborough	1.00	30	not published
Our Lady's Catholic Primary SchoolWellingborough	1.00	27	not published
St Barnabas Church of England SchoolWellingborough	1.00	46	not published
Warwick AcademyWellingborough	1.00	14	not published
Wollaston Primary SchoolWellingborough	1.00	17	not published
Ruskin Infant SchoolWellingborough	0.98	53	not published
Oakway AcademyWellingborough	0.97	38	not published
The Avenue Infant SchoolWellingborough	0.94	53	not published
Little Harrowden Community Primary SchoolWellingborough	0.93	14	not published
The Glenvale Church of England Primary SchoolWellingborough	0.91	55	not published
Victoria Primary AcademyWellingborough	0.90	52	not published
Irthlingborough Nursery and Infant SchoolWellingborough	0.89	65	not published
Windmill Primary SchoolWellingborough	0.89	27	not published
Raunds Park Infant SchoolWellingborough	0.84	57	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

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

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Sir Christopher Hatton AcademyWellingborough	1.26	270	not published
Manor SchoolWellingborough	0.96	104	not published
Wollaston SchoolWellingborough	0.91	231	not published
Wrenn SchoolWellingborough	0.87	290	3.93 miles 2026
Weavers AcademyWellingborough	0.78	157	not published