School admissions in North Lincolnshire

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 22 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. 10 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Gunness and Burringham Church of England Primary SchoolScunthorpe	1.29	14	0.671 miles 2026
Scunthorpe CofE Primary SchoolScunthorpe	1.23	30	0.491 miles 2025
Bottesford Infant SchoolScunthorpe	1.17	70	1.376 miles 2025
West Butterwick C of E Primary AcademyScunthorpe	1.14	7	not published
Winteringham Primary SchoolScunthorpe	1.14	14	6.4 miles 2025
St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary SchoolScunthorpe	1.14	44	1.992 miles 2024
Holme Valley Primary SchoolScunthorpe	1.10	59	1.806 miles 2026
Lincoln Gardens Primary SchoolScunthorpe	1.10	60	1.138 miles 2026
Bowmandale Primary SchoolBarton-upon-Humber	1.05	60	not published
John Harrison C of E Primary SchoolBarrow-upon-Humber	1.03	29	2.639 miles 2024
Alkborough Primary AcademyScunthorpe	1.00	5	not published
Barton St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolBarton-upon-Humber	1.00	30	not published
Belton All Saints CofE Primary SchoolDoncaster	1.00	23	not published
Burton-Upon-Stather Primary AcademyScunthorpe	1.00	13	not published
Bushfield Road Infant SchoolScunthorpe	1.00	51	0.98 miles 2024
East Halton Primary SchoolImmingham	1.00	1	not published
Epworth Primary AcademyDoncaster	1.00	34	not published
Goxhill Primary SchoolBarrow-upon-Humber	1.00	15	not published
Haxey Cofe Primary AcademyDoncaster	1.00	24	not published
Hibaldstow AcademyBrigg	1.00	20	not published
Killingholme Primary SchoolNorth Lincolnshire	1.00	6	not published
Kirmington CofE Primary SchoolUlceby	1.00	1	not published
Kirton Lindsey Primary AcademyGainsborough	1.00	19	not published
Luddington & Garthorpe PrimaryScunthorpe	1.00	4	not published
New Holland Church of England and Methodist Primary SchoolBarrow-upon-Humber	1.00	3	not published
Scawby AcademyBrigg	1.00	29	1.869 miles 2022
South Ferriby Primary SchoolBarton-upon-Humber	1.00	7	not published
St Barnabas CofE Primary School, BarnetbyBarnetby	1.00	10	not published
St Martin's Cofe Primary AcademyDoncaster	1.00	10	not published
St Mary's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy (Brigg)Brigg	1.00	23	not published
St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary AcademyScunthorpe	1.00	11	0.443 miles 2023
Ulceby St Nicholas Church of England Primary SchoolUlceby	1.00	15	not published
Westwoodside Church of England AcademyDoncaster	1.00	12	not published
Willoughby Road Primary AcademyScunthorpe	1.00	21	not published
Winterton Church of England Infants' SchoolScunthorpe	1.00	44	not published
Worlaby AcademyBrigg	1.00	10	not published
Wrawby St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolBrigg	1.00	12	1.278 miles 2022
Wroot Travis Charity Church of England Primary SchoolDoncaster	1.00	3	not published
Brigg Primary SchoolBrigg	0.98	43	not published
Westcliffe Primary SchoolScunthorpe	0.98	41	not published
Oasis Academy ParkwoodScunthorpe	0.97	33	not published
Saint Augustine Webster Catholic Voluntary AcademyScunthorpe	0.96	27	not published
Crowle Primary AcademyCrowle	0.96	26	not published
Berkeley Primary SchoolScunthorpe	0.96	69	not published
Broughton Primary AcademyBrigg	0.96	23	not published
Oasis Academy Henderson AvenueScunthorpe	0.95	82	0.571 miles 2024
Frodingham Infant SchoolScunthorpe	0.95	58	not published
Priory Lane Community SchoolScunthorpe	0.95	37	not published
Althorpe and Keadby Primary SchoolScunthorpe	0.94	16	not published
St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary Voluntary AcademyScunthorpe	0.93	41	not published
Castledyke Primary SchoolBarton-upon-Humber	0.92	13	not published
Wootton St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolUlceby	0.92	12	not published
Eastoft Church of England Primary SchoolScunthorpe	0.91	11	not published
Oakfield Primary SchoolScunthorpe	0.89	45	not published
Crosby Primary SchoolScunthorpe	0.89	44	not published
Enderby Road Infant SchoolScunthorpe	0.88	32	not published
The Grange Primary SchoolScunthorpe	0.87	31	not published
Messingham Primary SchoolScunthorpe	0.82	28	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

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

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Frederick Gough SchoolScunthorpe	1.13	262	1.319 miles 2026
Outwood Academy FoxhillsScunthorpe	1.10	146	not published
Sir John Nelthorpe SchoolBrigg	1.01	144	6.55 miles 2022
Winterton Community AcademyScunthorpe	0.99	78	not published
Baysgarth SchoolBarton-upon-Humber	0.98	206	7.598 miles 2022
South Axholme AcademyDoncaster	0.98	186	9.938 miles 2024
The Axholme AcademyCrowle	0.97	95	9.388 miles 2024
The Vale AcademyBrigg	0.95	120	not published
The St Lawrence AcademyScunthorpe	0.93	120	not published
Outwood Academy BrumbyScunthorpe	0.93	116	not published
St Bede's Catholic Voluntary AcademyScunthorpe	0.92	142	not published
Kirton AcademyGainsborough	0.89	74	not published
Melior Community AcademyScunthorpe	0.86	111	not published