School admissions in Wigton
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
17 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boltons CofE School | 1.07 | 14 | 4514.94 m (≈2.81 mi) |
| Blennerhasset School | 1.00 | 7 | 9902.45 m (≈6.15 mi) |
| Bowness-on-Solway Primary School | 1.00 | 4 | not published |
| Fellview Primary School | 1.00 | 3 | not published |
| Holm Cultram Abbey CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 5 | not published |
| Ireby CofE School | 1.00 | 5 | not published |
| Kirkbride Primary School | 1.00 | 10 | not published |
| Oughterside Primary School | 1.00 | 8 | not published |
| Plumbland CofE School | 1.00 | 3 | not published |
| Richmond Hill School | 1.00 | 17 | not published |
| Rosley CofE School | 1.00 | 8 | not published |
| Silloth Primary School | 1.00 | 15 | not published |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School | 1.00 | 20 | not published |
| St Matthew's CofE School | 1.00 | 8 | not published |
| St Michael's CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 2 | not published |
| Wiggonby CofE School | 1.00 | 7 | not published |
| Wigton Nursery and Infant School | 0.98 | 44 | 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.
Year 7 places, September 2026
3 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Beacon Hill Community School | 1.00 | 34 |
| Solway Community School | 1.00 | 31 |
| The Nelson Thomlinson School | 0.96 | 170 |
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.