School admissions in Hackney

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 44 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

50 schools. 13 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Mossbourne Riverside AcademyLondon	1.80	59	0.621 miles 2022
Betty Layward Primary SchoolLondon	1.53	58	0.245 miles 2026
Gayhurst Community SchoolLondon	1.41	58	0.344 miles 2026
Rushmore Primary SchoolLondon	1.32	59	0.447 miles 2026
Lauriston SchoolLondon	1.22	58	0.463 miles 2026
Shacklewell Primary SchoolLondon	1.20	61	0.277 miles 2026
William Patten Primary SchoolLondon	1.15	60	0.466 miles 2026
Sebright SchoolLondon	1.14	56	0.434 miles 2026
Hackney New Primary SchoolLondon	1.12	49	0.354 miles 2022
Grazebrook Primary SchoolLondon	1.10	60	0.51 miles 2026
Shoreditch Park Primary SchoolLondon	1.09	53	0.419 miles 2026
Springfield Community Primary SchoolLondon	1.07	28	0.979 miles 2026
Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary SchoolLondon	1.07	30	not published
Benthal Primary SchoolLondon	1.00	13	not published
Lubavitch Girls Primary SchoolLondon	1.00	8	not published
St Scholastica's Catholic Primary SchoolLondon	1.00	19	not published
Morningside Primary SchoolLondon	0.97	31	not published
Grasmere Primary SchoolLondon	0.97	29	0.197 miles 2026
Mossbourne Parkside AcademyLondon	0.96	28	0.295 miles 2018
Orchard Primary SchoolLondon	0.95	43	0.716 miles 2021
Berger Primary SchoolLondon	0.94	34	0.274 miles 2020
Southwold Primary SchoolHackney	0.94	32	1.172 miles 2020
Kingsmead Primary SchoolLondon	0.93	30	1.634 miles 2025
Harrington Hill Primary SchoolLondon	0.93	14	not published
The Olive School, HackneyLondon	0.92	85	1.52 miles 2021
Nightingale Primary SchoolLondon	0.91	58	0.395 miles 2023
Jubilee Primary SchoolLondon	0.91	55	0.338 miles 2025
Lubavitch Boys' Primary SchoolLondon	0.91	11	not published
Gainsborough Primary SchoolLondon	0.90	30	not published
Thomas Fairchild Community SchoolLondon	0.89	19	not published
Northwold Primary SchoolLondon	0.89	27	1.444 miles 2018
Simon Marks Jewish Primary SchoolLondon	0.89	9	not published
St John and St James CofE Primary SchoolLondon	0.88	26	not published
St. Paul's With St. Michael's CofE Primary SchoolHackney	0.88	17	not published
Mandeville Primary SchoolLondon	0.88	41	not published
Daubeney Primary SchoolLondon	0.88	40	not published
St John the Baptist Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary SchoolLondon	0.85	20	not published
St Monica's Catholic Primary SchoolLondon	0.85	13	not published
Woodberry Down Community Primary SchoolLondon	0.84	64	0.263 miles 2020
Queensbridge Primary SchoolLondon	0.83	54	0.67 miles 2024
St John of Jerusalem Church of England Primary SchoolLondon	0.83	6	not published
Hoxton Garden PrimaryLondon	0.83	29	0.394 miles 2024
St Matthias Church of England Primary SchoolLondon	0.82	17	not published
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolLondon	0.80	25	1.158 miles 2022
Millfields Community SchoolLondon	0.76	55	0.614 miles 2023
Holmleigh Primary SchoolLondon	0.76	41	1.103 miles 2024
Halley House SchoolLondon	0.70	20	0.387 miles 2020
Princess May Primary SchoolLondon	0.69	16	not published
London Fields Primary SchoolLondon	0.66	56	0.647 miles 2025
Parkwood Primary SchoolLONDON	0.55	22	0.287 miles 2021

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

16 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Mossbourne Community AcademyLondon	1.75	204
Clapton Girls' AcademyLondon	1.51	171
Mossbourne Victoria Park AcademyLondon	1.44	159
City of London Academy, Shoreditch ParkLondon	1.21	170
Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls SchoolLondon	1.00	79
The City Academy, HackneyLondon	0.95	173
Lubavitch House School (Senior Girls)London	0.89	9
Stoke Newington School and Sixth FormLondon	0.85	247
Skinners' AcademyLondon	0.82	119
Cardinal Pole Catholic SchoolLondon	0.80	155
The Urswick School - A Church of England Secondary SchoolLondon	0.79	85
The Bridge AcademyLondon	0.73	175
All Saints Catholic High SchoolLondon	0.63	104
The Excelsior AcademyLondon	0.55	139
Haggerston SchoolLondon	0.47	131
Waterside AcademyLondon	0.39	46