School admissions in West Drayton
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.
West Drayton in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 9 schools in West Drayton first 384 times for 388 places: 0.99 first choices per place, against 0.99 across the Hillingdon authority's 55 schools. One of the 9 had more first choices than places. For 2024 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: West Drayton Academy, 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
9 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Catherine Catholic Primary School | 1.20 | 30 | not published |
| Cherry Lane Primary School | 1.00 | 56 | 2292.0604 m (≈1.42 mi) |
| Harmondsworth Primary School | 1.00 | 25 | not published |
| Laurel Lane Primary School | 1.00 | 24 | not published |
| St Martin's Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 17 | not published |
| Rabbsfarm Primary School | 0.98 | 63 | 1183.6657 m (≈0.74 mi) |
| Heathrow Primary School | 0.97 | 60 | not published |
| West Drayton Academy | 0.95 | 80 | 977.2257 m (≈0.61 mi) |
| St Matthew's CofE Primary School | 0.91 | 33 | 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.