School admissions in Whitby

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

16 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Stakesby Primary AcademyWhitby	1.24	29
Castleton Primary SchoolWhitby	1.00	7
Danby Church of England Voluntary Aided SchoolWhitby	1.00	9
Fylingdales Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolWhitby	1.00	6
Glaisdale Primary SchoolWhitby	1.00	3
Goathland Primary SchoolWhitby	1.00	1
Lealholm Primary SchoolWhitby	1.00	5
Lythe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolWhitby	1.00	15
Ruswarp Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolWhitby	1.00	3
Sleights Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolWhitby	1.00	18
St Hedda's Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary AcademyWhitby	1.00	5
West Cliff Primary SchoolWhitby	1.00	15
East Whitby Primary AcademyWhitby	0.92	24
Hawsker Cum Stainsacre Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolWhitby	0.89	9
Airy Hill Primary SchoolWhitby	0.88	25
Egton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolWhitby	0.75	4

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.