School admissions in Yarm
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 1 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.
Yarm in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 5 schools in Yarm first 126 times for 125 places: 1.01 first choices per place. One of the 5 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Layfield Primary School, to 0.47 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
5 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Layfield Primary School | 1.04 | 27 | 0.475 miles |
| Hutton Rudby Primary School | 1.00 | 22 | not published |
| Kirklevington Primary School | 1.00 | 17 | not published |
| Levendale Primary School | 1.00 | 27 | not published |
| Yarm Primary School | 1.00 | 32 | 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.