School admissions in Camden

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 45 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.

Reception places, September 2026

38 schools. 11 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Hampstead Parochial Church of England Primary SchoolLondon	2.20	30	not published
Christ Church Primary School, HampsteadLondon	2.07	28	not published
Emmanuel Church of England Primary SchoolLondon	2.00	29	not published
Eleanor Palmer Primary SchoolLondon	1.60	30	0.124 miles 2025
Christopher Hatton Primary SchoolLondon	1.50	30	0.417 miles 2025
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, NW3London	1.41	27	not published
Torriano Primary SchoolLondon	1.33	58	0.379 miles 2025
Argyle Primary SchoolLondon	1.23	30	not published
St Luke's Church of England SchoolLondon	1.07	15	0.2 miles 2025
St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolLondon	1.07	30	not published
Kentish Town Church of England Primary SchoolLondon	1.04	24	not published
Christ Church SchoolLondon	1.00	15	not published
Fitzjohn's Primary SchoolLondon	1.00	30	0.41 miles 2025
Our Lady Roman Catholic Primary SchoolLondon	1.00	26	not published
West Hampstead Primary SchoolLondon	0.95	59	1.752 miles 2024
Netley Primary SchoolLondon	0.94	36	1.749 miles 2025
St Eugene de Mazenod Roman Catholic Primary SchoolLondon	0.93	30	not published
St Mary's Kilburn Church of England Primary SchoolLondon	0.93	30	not published
Richard Cobden Primary SchoolLondon	0.93	29	0.7868 miles 2014
Hawley Primary SchoolLondon	0.90	29	0.467 miles 2025
St Josephs Catholic Primary SchoolLondon	0.89	18	not published
St Mary and St Pancras Church of England Primary SchoolLondon	0.89	18	not published
Rhyl Community Primary SchoolLondon	0.88	51	not published
Fleet Primary SchoolLondon	0.87	30	1.042 miles 2024
Gospel Oak Primary SchoolLondon	0.87	60	0.522 miles 2025
Edith Neville Primary SchoolLondon	0.86	28	0.481 miles 2025
St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolLondon	0.86	14	not published
Holy Trinity and Saint Silas CofE Primary School, NW1London	0.85	27	not published
Kings Cross AcademyLondon	0.82	57	0.634 miles 2025
Brecknock Primary SchoolLondon	0.80	30	2.158 miles 2025
Abacus Belsize Primary SchoolLondon	0.73	30	not published
New End Primary SchoolLondon	0.73	30	0.674 miles 2025
Kingsgate Primary SchoolLondon	0.73	89	0.882 miles 2024
Primrose Hill SchoolLondon	0.72	53	1.34 miles 2025
St George the Martyr Church of England Primary SchoolLondon	0.70	30	not published
Rosary Catholic Primary SchoolLondon	0.69	45	not published
Brookfield Primary SchoolLondon	0.62	58	0.883 miles 2025
St Alban's Church of England Primary SchoolLondon	0.56	9	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

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

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
The Camden School for GirlsLondon	2.19	116	not published
Acland Burghley SchoolLondon	1.25	171	0.86 miles 2026
Parliament Hill SchoolLondon	1.02	179	1.24 miles 2026
Haverstock SchoolLondon	0.82	121	1.3405 miles 2011
Hampstead SchoolLondon	0.75	142	2.63 miles 2022
Regent High SchoolLondon	0.73	172	not published
William Ellis SchoolLondon	0.66	90	2.17 miles 2023
Maria Fidelis Catholic School FCJLondon	0.61	135	not published
The UCL AcademyCamden	0.46	136	2.01 miles 2023
La Sainte Union Catholic Secondary SchoolLondon	0.45	62	not published