School admissions in Westcliff-on-Sea
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
6 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barons Court Primary School and Nursery | 2.54 | 35 | not published |
| Earls Hall Primary School | 1.35 | 84 | 0.42 miles |
| Prince Avenue Academy and Nursery | 0.85 | 54 | 1.1 miles |
| St Helen's Catholic Primary School | 0.80 | 55 | not published |
| The Westborough School | 0.71 | 58 | 0.656 miles |
| Milton Hall Primary School and Nursery | 0.59 | 75 | 0.461 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.
Year 7 places, September 2026
5 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westcliff High School for Boys Academy | 1.54 | 182 | not published |
| Westcliff High School for Girls | 1.29 | 185 | not published |
| St Thomas More High School | 1.13 | 179 | not published |
| St Bernard's High School | 1.05 | 175 | not published |
| Chase High School | 0.62 | 182 | 1.704 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.