School admissions in West Bromwich
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 10 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.
West Bromwich in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 17 schools in West Bromwich first 749 times for 755 places: 0.99 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Sandwell authority's 86 schools. 3 of the 17 had more first choices than places.
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 6 schools in West Bromwich first 1,006 times for 997 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 0.97 across the Sandwell authority's 22 schools. 2 of the 6 had more first choices than places.
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
17 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| St John Bosco Catholic Primary School | 1.27 | 30 |
| Hargate Primary School | 1.22 | 59 |
| Hall Green Primary School | 1.07 | 60 |
| Hanbury Primary School | 1.00 | 54 |
| Moorlands Primary School | 1.00 | 24 |
| Eaton Valley Primary School | 0.98 | 60 |
| Lyng Primary School | 0.98 | 52 |
| Lodge Primary School | 0.97 | 35 |
| Ryders Green Primary School | 0.96 | 54 |
| Hateley Heath Academy | 0.95 | 38 |
| Holy Trinity CofE Primary School | 0.95 | 57 |
| Harvills Hawthorn Primary School | 0.92 | 52 |
| King George V Primary School | 0.92 | 24 |
| All Saints CofE Primary School | 0.91 | 58 |
| Pennyhill Primary School | 0.91 | 56 |
| Newtown Primary School | 0.89 | 18 |
| St Mary Magdalene CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 0.88 | 24 |
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
6 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Sandwell Academy | 1.63 | 197 |
| West Bromwich Collegiate Academy | 1.36 | 151 |
| Shireland CBSO Academy | 0.81 | 140 |
| The Phoenix Collegiate | 0.78 | 188 |
| George Salter Academy | 0.70 | 218 |
| Shireland Biomedical Utc | 0.65 | 103 |
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.