School admissions in Lambeth
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 53 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
60 schools. 14 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
16 schools. 6 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodmansterne School | 3.42 | 24 | 772.31 m (≈0.48 mi) |
| Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School | 1.73 | 176 | 3850.75 m (≈2.39 mi) |
| Oasis Academy South Bank | 1.32 | 116 | 1660.69 m (≈1.03 mi) |
| The Elms Academy | 1.25 | 130 | 2142.6 m (≈1.33 mi) |
| The Norwood School | 1.14 | 174 | not published |
| Dunraven School | 1.03 | 152 | not published |
| Lilian Baylis Technology School | 0.93 | 119 | not published |
| The Elmgreen School | 0.70 | 172 | 1543.81 m (≈0.96 mi) |
| London Nautical, City of London Academy | 0.69 | 35 | not published |
| Platanos College | 0.68 | 99 | not published |
| La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School | 0.61 | 150 | not published |
| Trinity Academy | 0.60 | 78 | not published |
| Harris Academy Clapham | 0.57 | 100 | 3513.61 m (≈2.18 mi) |
| Saint Gabriel's College | 0.54 | 101 | not published |
| Ark Evelyn Grace Academy | 0.49 | 51 | not published |
| City Heights E-ACT Academy | 0.21 | 71 | 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.