School admissions in Wetherby
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 7 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.
Wetherby in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 10 schools in Wetherby first 224 times for 219 places: 1.02 first choices per place. 4 of the 10 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Crossley Street Primary School, to 0.55 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
10 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crossley Street Primary School | 1.37 | 30 | 0.55 miles |
| Collingham Lady Elizabeth Hastings Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 1.27 | 30 | not published |
| Deighton Gates Primary School | 1.13 | 30 | 0.671 miles |
| Lady Elizabeth Hastings' CofE VA Primary School, Thorp Arch | 1.07 | 15 | not published |
| Primrose Lane Primary School | 1.00 | 16 | 0.487 miles |
| Bramham Primary School | 0.94 | 18 | not published |
| St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa | 0.90 | 20 | 0.598 miles |
| Sicklinghall Community Primary School | 0.88 | 8 | not published |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wetherby | 0.87 | 30 | not published |
| St James' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 0.50 | 22 | 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.