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School admissions in Winchester

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

22 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
The Westgate SchoolWinchester1.3159
Barton Farm Primary AcademyWinchester1.0760
Twyford St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolWinchester1.0520
All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolWinchester1.0013
Compton All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolWinchester1.0011
Harestock Primary SchoolWinchester1.0023
Itchen Abbas Primary SchoolWinchester1.0010
Micheldever CofE Primary SchoolWinchester1.007
Oliver's Battery Primary and Nursery SchoolWinchester1.0023
Owslebury Primary SchoolWinchester1.0010
Sparsholt Church of England Primary SchoolWinchester1.0017
St Bede Church of England Primary SchoolWinchester1.0057
St Faith's Church of England Primary SchoolWinchester1.0019
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, WinchesterWinchester1.0040
Stanmore Primary SchoolWinchester1.0015
Winnall Primary SchoolWinchester1.0017
Kings Worthy Primary SchoolWinchester0.9647
South Wonston Primary SchoolWinchester0.9538
John Keble Church of England Primary SchoolWinchester0.899
Western Church of England Primary SchoolWinchester0.8136
Weeke Primary SchoolWinchester0.8045
Barton Stacey Church of England Primary SchoolWinchester0.7617

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. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
The Westgate SchoolWinchester1.34187
Henry Beaufort SchoolWinchester0.88218
Kings' SchoolWinchester0.85373

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.