School admissions in Wigston
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
10 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Little Hill Primary | 1.19 | 59 |
| Saint John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, Wigston, Leicestershire | 1.07 | 29 |
| Fairfield Community Primary School | 1.03 | 29 |
| Kilby St Mary's Church of England Primary School | 1.00 | 9 |
| Parkland Primary School South Wigston | 0.97 | 58 |
| Glenmere Community Primary School | 0.96 | 25 |
| Water Leys Primary School | 0.94 | 48 |
| The Meadow Community Primary School | 0.92 | 60 |
| Thythorn Field Community Primary School | 0.90 | 21 |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School | 0.88 | 17 |
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.