School admissions in Nottingham

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

75 schools. 12 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Edna G. Olds AcademyNottingham	1.58	31
Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham	1.50	30
Haydn Primary SchoolNottingham	1.46	61
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary SchoolNottingham	1.29	31
St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolNottingham	1.25	59
Radford Primary School AcademyNottingham	1.23	30
Sneinton St Stephen's CofE Primary SchoolNottingham	1.22	32
Carrington Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham	1.20	30
Bluecoat Bentinck Primary AcademyNottingham	1.07	30
Welbeck Primary SchoolNottingham	1.04	45
Greenfields Community SchoolNottingham	1.03	30
Middleton Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham	1.03	90
Brocklewood Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham	1.00	25
Burford Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham	1.00	28
Crabtree Farm Primary SchoolNottingham	1.00	32
Edale Rise Primary & Nursery SchoolNottingham	1.00	29
Firbeck AcademyNottingham	1.00	8
Glade Hill Primary & Nursery SchoolNottingham	1.00	28
Glenbrook Spencer AcademyNottingham	1.00	29
Hempshill Hall Primary SchoolNottingham	1.00	37
Hogarth AcademyNottingham	1.00	13
Melbury Primary SchoolNottingham	1.00	15
Nottingham AcademyNottingham	1.00	34
Our Lady & St Edward Primary & Nursery Catholic Voluntary AcademyNottingham	1.00	26
Robert Shaw Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham	1.00	30
Scotholme Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham	1.00	48
South Wilford Endowed CofE Primary SchoolNottingham	1.00	43
Southglade Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham	1.00	33
St Ann's Well AcademyNottingham	1.00	19
St Augustine's Catholic Primary and Nursery School, A Voluntary AcademyNottingham	1.00	26
St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham	1.00	19
Sycamore AcademyNottingham	1.00	56
Warren Primary AcademyNottingham	1.00	21
Westglade Primary SchoolNottingham	1.00	29
Whitemoor Academy (Primary and Nursery)Nottingham	1.00	24
Forest Fields Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham	0.98	58
Southwark Primary SchoolNottingham	0.98	52
Old Basford SchoolNottingham	0.98	46
Mellers Primary SchoolNottingham	0.98	42
Rufford Primary and Nursery SchoolBulwell	0.98	41
Djanogly Strelley AcademyNottingham	0.97	34
Ambleside Primary SchoolNottingham	0.97	67
Cantrell Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham	0.97	31
Bluecoat Primary AcademyNottingham	0.97	60
Robin Hood Primary SchoolNottingham	0.97	60
Stanstead Flying High AcademyNottingham	0.97	29
St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary SchoolNottingham	0.96	26
Rise Park Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham	0.96	50
Djanogly Northgate AcademyNottingham	0.95	22
Springfield AcademyNottingham	0.95	21
Victoria Primary SchoolNottingham	0.95	21
Fernwood Primary SchoolNottingham	0.95	145
Djanogly Sherwood AcademyNottingham	0.94	18
Whitegate Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham	0.94	35
Dovecote Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham	0.94	17
Jubilee L.E.A.D. AcademyNottingham	0.94	34
Windmill L.E.A.D. AcademyNottingham	0.94	33
Blue Bell Hill Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham	0.93	42
Rosslyn Park Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham	0.93	55
Walter Halls Primary and Early Years SchoolNottingham	0.93	27
Berridge Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham	0.92	65
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolNottingham	0.92	25
Heathfield Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham	0.91	93
William Booth Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham	0.91	23
Henry Whipple Primary SchoolNottingham	0.90	21
Huntingdon AcademyNottingham	0.89	37
Bulwell St Mary's Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham	0.88	25
The Glapton AcademyNottingham	0.88	25
Claremont Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham	0.86	44
Highbank Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham	0.86	22
Portland Spencer AcademyNottingham	0.86	44
Seely Primary SchoolNottingham	0.86	77
The Milford AcademyNottingham	0.85	41
Southwold Primary School and Early Years' CentreNottingham	0.85	20
Dunkirk Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham	0.67	33

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

19 schools. 7 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Nottingham University Academy of Science and TechnologyNottingham	1.62	120
Nottingham Free SchoolNottingham	1.54	120
Bluecoat Aspley AcademyNottingham	1.47	187
Fernwood SchoolNottingham	1.45	293
Bluecoat Trent AcademyNottingham	1.21	237
The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary AcademyNottingham	1.12	187
Bluecoat Wollaton AcademyNottingham	1.11	206
The Oakwood AcademyNottingham	0.90	157
Park Vale AcademyNottingham	0.90	186
Nottingham Girls' AcademyNottingham	0.88	170
Farnborough Spencer AcademyNottingham	0.84	177
The Nottingham Emmanuel SchoolWest Bridgford	0.82	177
The Bulwell AcademyNottingham	0.81	181
Nottingham AcademyNottingham	0.78	169
Bluecoat Beechdale AcademyNottingham	0.72	177
Nottingham University Samworth AcademyNottingham	0.64	149
Djanogly City AcademyNottingham	0.63	238
The Wells AcademyNottingham	0.62	71
Ellis Guilford SchoolNottingham	0.59	212