School admissions in Wells
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 5 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.
Wells in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 9 schools in Wells first 152 times for 152 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Somerset authority's 208 schools. 2 of the 9 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Stoberry Park School, to 2.06 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
9 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph and St Teresa Catholic Primary School | 1.18 | 22 | 1.296 miles |
| Stoberry Park School | 1.02 | 45 | 2.056 miles |
| Croscombe Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 1 | not published |
| St Lawrence's CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 9 | not published |
| St Cuthbert's Church of England Academy Infants and Pre-School | 0.97 | 40 | not published |
| Horrington Primary School | 0.92 | 12 | 3.373 miles |
| Coxley Primary School | 0.90 | 10 | not published |
| Wookey Primary School | 0.89 | 9 | not published |
| Priddy Primary School | 0.75 | 4 | 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.