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. 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.
Wellington in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 10 schools in Wellington first 186 times for 185 places: 1.01 first choices per place. One of the 10 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: St John's Church of England Primary School, to 0.61 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
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.