School admissions in Westminster

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 34 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

32 schools. 6 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Hampden Gurney CofE Primary SchoolLondon	1.97	29	not published
St Joseph's RC Primary SchoolLondon	1.24	42	not published
St Mary's Bryanston Square CofE SchoolLondon	1.23	30	not published
Pimlico PrimaryLondon	1.13	30	not published
St Saviour's CofE Primary SchoolLondon	1.13	30	not published
St Clement Danes CofE Primary SchoolLONDON	1.07	30	2.059 miles 2023
St Matthew's School, WestminsterLondon	1.00	2	0.32 miles 2020
Gateway AcademyLondon	0.97	33	0.289 miles 2015
Edward Wilson Primary SchoolLondon	0.97	30	not published
St Gabriel's CofE Primary SchoolLondon	0.96	27	not published
Ark King Solomon AcademyLondon	0.93	84	0.844 miles 2022
Burdett-Coutts and Townshend Foundation CofE Primary SchoolLondon	0.93	28	not published
Christ Church Bentinck CofE Primary SchoolLondon	0.90	30	not published
Wilberforce PrimaryLondon	0.89	19	not published
Queen's Park Primary SchoolLondon	0.89	28	1.343 miles 2023
Millbank Gardens Primary AcademyLondon	0.89	27	0.857 miles 2016
St Mary Magdalene & St Stephen's CofE Primary SchoolLondon	0.87	15	not published
Ark Atwood Primary AcademyLondon	0.86	58	0.709 miles 2026
Essendine Primary SchoolLondon	0.86	29	1.3905 miles 2015
Hallfield Primary SchoolLondon	0.80	30	0.509 miles 2024
St Peter's Eaton Square CofE Primary SchoolLondon	0.80	15	1.793 miles 2023
All Souls CofE Primary SchoolLondon	0.79	24	0.88 miles 2021
St. Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary SchoolLondon	0.79	19	not published
St Barnabas' CofE Primary SchoolLondon	0.78	9	not published
St Peter's CofE SchoolLondon	0.76	29	not published
Soho Parish CofE Primary SchoolLondon	0.71	7	1.045 miles 2015
St Augustines Federated Schools: CofE Primary SchoolLondon	0.71	17	0.333 miles 2021
St Edward's Catholic Primary SchoolLondon	0.67	30	not published
St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolLondon	0.67	24	not published
St James & St John Church of England Primary SchoolLondon	0.64	25	0.375 miles 2022
St John's Wood Primary SchoolLondon	0.64	50	not published
St George's Hanover Square CofE Primary SchoolLondon	0.58	12	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

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

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
The St Marylebone CofE SchoolLondon	2.35	160	not published
The Grey Coat HospitalLondon	1.97	169	not published
Paddington AcademyLondon	1.70	174	0.519 miles 2026
St George's Catholic SchoolLondon	0.95	175	not published
Pimlico AcademyLondon	0.66	205	2.09 miles 2023
Harris Academy St John's WoodLondon	0.66	225	4.122 miles 2023
Westminster City SchoolLondon	0.53	106	not published
St Augustine's Federated Schools: CE High SchoolLondon	0.52	121	not published
Marylebone AcademyLondon	0.49	65	not published
Westminster AcademyLondon	0.48	143	3.026 miles 2024