School admissions in Ealing
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 78 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
58 schools. 11 received more first preferences than they had places.
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
17 schools. 6 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twyford Church of England High School | 1.95 | 189 | not published |
| William Perkin Church of England High School | 1.88 | 199 | not published |
| Ada Lovelace Church of England High School | 1.53 | 199 | 0.683 miles |
| Ealing Fields Church of England High School | 1.44 | 169 | 0.493 miles |
| Elthorne Park High School | 1.21 | 240 | 0.897 miles |
| The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School | 1.04 | 313 | not published |
| Featherstone High School | 0.97 | 282 | 1.522 miles |
| Greenford High School | 0.92 | 270 | 0.842 miles |
| Ark Soane Academy | 0.80 | 189 | not published |
| Villiers High School | 0.79 | 174 | not published |
| Dormers Wells High School | 0.76 | 228 | 1.604 miles |
| Drayton Manor High School | 0.76 | 240 | 1.647 miles |
| The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls | 0.57 | 207 | 3.88 miles |
| Alec Reed Academy | 0.54 | 80 | not published |
| Islip Manor High School | 0.44 | 78 | not published |
| Brentside High School | 0.42 | 190 | 2.062 miles |
| Ark Acton Academy | 0.15 | 155 | 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.