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School admissions in Welwyn Garden City

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

16 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlacesCutoff distance
Panshanger Primary SchoolWelwyn Garden City1.62291119.13 m (≈0.70 mi) 2025
Applecroft SchoolWelwyn Garden City1.15601050.32 m (≈0.65 mi) 2026
Templewood Primary SchoolWelwyn Garden City1.10301213.8 m (≈0.75 mi) 2026
The Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolWelwyn Garden City0.9623not published
Commonswood Primary & Nursery SchoolWELWYN GARDEN CITY0.95591728.54 m (≈1.07 mi) 2025
Creswick AcademyWelwyn Garden City0.9537not published
St John's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School, LemsfordWelwyn Garden City0.9315not published
Peartree Primary SchoolWelwyn Garden City0.9213not published
Waterside AcademyWelwyn Garden City0.90211047.93 m (≈0.65 mi) 2018
Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery SchoolWelwyn Garden City0.90521567.36 m (≈0.97 mi) 2021
Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery SchoolWelwyn Garden City0.899737.17 m (≈0.46 mi) 2021
Holwell Primary SchoolWelwyn Garden City0.87531191.8 m (≈0.74 mi) 2024
Watchlytes Primary SchoolWelwyn Garden City0.8419908.37 m (≈0.56 mi) 2022
Homerswood Primary and Nursery SchoolWelwyn Garden City0.83232003.41 m (≈1.24 mi) 2025
Our Lady Catholic Primary SchoolWelwyn Garden City0.8222not published
Springmead Primary SchoolWelwyn Garden City0.7629810.26 m (≈0.50 mi) 2025

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. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
Stanborough SchoolWelwyn Garden City1.08234
Monk's Walk SchoolWelwyn Garden City1.03221
Ridgeway AcademyWelwyn Garden City0.59168

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.