School admissions in North Somerset
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 59 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
59 schools. 10 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
11 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clevedon School | 1.20 | 225 | 2.632 miles |
| Hans Price Academy | 1.19 | 196 | 0.454 miles |
| Backwell School | 1.05 | 263 | 4.134 miles |
| Priory Community School | 0.98 | 269 | 0.638 miles |
| Churchill Academy & Sixth Form | 0.97 | 246 | 5.244 miles |
| Nailsea School | 0.96 | 197 | 6.291 miles |
| Worle Community School | 0.95 | 173 | not published |
| Winterstoke Hundred Academy | 0.94 | 143 | 1.711 miles |
| Gordano School | 0.90 | 296 | 3.595 miles |
| St Katherine's School | 0.89 | 185 | 5.073 miles |
| Broadoak Academy | 0.87 | 145 | 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.