School admissions in Winsford
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 4 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.
Winsford in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 10 schools in Winsford first 315 times for 320 places: 0.98 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Cheshire West and Chester authority's 123 schools. 2 of the 10 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Over St John's CofE Primary School, to 0.49 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
10 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grange Community Nursery and Primary School | 1.24 | 29 | not published |
| Over St John's CofE Primary School | 1.14 | 21 | 0.486 miles |
| Over Hall Community School | 1.00 | 22 | not published |
| Wharton CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 26 | not published |
| The Oak View Academy | 0.96 | 27 | not published |
| St. Chad's Church of England Primary School | 0.96 | 24 | 0.619 miles |
| Winsford High Street Community Primary School | 0.94 | 50 | not published |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 0.93 | 30 | not published |
| Darnhall Primary School | 0.92 | 49 | 0.681 miles |
| Willow Wood Community Nursery and Primary School | 0.90 | 42 | 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.