School admissions in Windsor
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
15 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Royal First School | 1.71 | 21 | 2.095 miles |
| Trinity St Stephen CofE Aided First School | 1.20 | 30 | 1.672 miles |
| Cranbourne Primary School | 1.13 | 30 | 3.378 miles |
| Dedworth Green First School | 1.00 | 28 | not published |
| Hilltop First School | 1.00 | 16 | 11.328 miles |
| Eton Porny CofE First School | 0.96 | 26 | 1.338 miles |
| Homer First School and Nursery | 0.96 | 26 | not published |
| Oakfield First School | 0.94 | 49 | not published |
| Clewer Green CofE First School | 0.90 | 52 | not published |
| St Edward's Catholic First School | 0.90 | 49 | not published |
| Eton Wick CofE First School | 0.90 | 29 | not published |
| The Queen Anne Royal Free CofE Controlled First School | 0.86 | 22 | 0.916 miles |
| Alexander First School | 0.77 | 13 | not published |
| King's Court First School | 0.68 | 19 | not published |
| Braywood CofE First School | 0.61 | 18 | 5.143 miles |
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.