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. 1 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.

Whitby in figures

For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 16 schools in Whitby first 178 times for 178 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the North Yorkshire authority's 280 schools. One of the 16 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Stakesby Primary Academy, to 0.31 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

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

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Stakesby Primary AcademyWhitby	1.24	29	0.314 miles 2026
Castleton Primary SchoolWhitby	1.00	7	not published
Danby Church of England Voluntary Aided SchoolWhitby	1.00	9	not published
Fylingdales Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolWhitby	1.00	6	not published
Glaisdale Primary SchoolWhitby	1.00	3	not published
Goathland Primary SchoolWhitby	1.00	1	not published
Lealholm Primary SchoolWhitby	1.00	5	not published
Lythe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolWhitby	1.00	15	not published
Ruswarp Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolWhitby	1.00	3	not published
Sleights Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolWhitby	1.00	18	not published
St Hedda's Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary AcademyWhitby	1.00	5	not published
West Cliff Primary SchoolWhitby	1.00	15	not published
East Whitby Primary AcademyWhitby	0.92	24	not published
Hawsker Cum Stainsacre Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolWhitby	0.89	9	not published
Airy Hill Primary SchoolWhitby	0.88	25	not published
Egton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolWhitby	0.75	4	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.