School admissions in Wellington
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
10 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St John's Church of England Primary School | 1.04 | 27 | 0.613 miles |
| Beech Grove Primary School | 1.00 | 27 | not published |
| Isambard Kingdom Brunel Primary School | 1.00 | 44 | 0.895 miles |
| Langford Budville Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 3 | not published |
| Rockwell Green Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 27 | not published |
| Sampford Arundel Community Primary School | 1.00 | 8 | not published |
| Stawley Primary School | 1.00 | 7 | 2.225 miles |
| Webber's Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 4 | not published |
| Wellesley Park Primary School | 1.00 | 22 | 1.065 miles |
| West Buckland Primary School | 1.00 | 16 | 2.883 miles |
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.