School admissions in West Wickham
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 4 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 Wickham in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 4 schools in West Wickham first 250 times for 253 places: 0.99 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Bromley authority's 71 schools. 0 of the 4 had more first choices than places. For 2025 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.69 miles (Hawes Down Primary School) to 1.00 miles (Oak Lodge Primary School).
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
4 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawes Down Primary School | 1.00 | 36 | 0.686 miles |
| Oak Lodge Primary School | 1.00 | 58 | 1.001 miles |
| Pickhurst Infant Academy | 0.98 | 107 | 2.147 miles |
| Wickham Common Primary School | 0.98 | 52 | 1.499 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.