School admissions in Wiltshire

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

194 schools. 36 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
The Holy Trinity Church of England Primary AcademyDevizes	1.60	20
King's Gate Primary SchoolSalisbury	1.50	30
St John's CofE SchoolWarminster	1.47	15
Kington St Michael Church of England Primary SchoolChippenham	1.43	21
Crudwell CofE Primary SchoolMalmesbury	1.39	18
Newton Tony Church of England Voluntary Controlled SchoolSalisbury	1.36	14
Wardour Catholic Primary SchoolTisbury	1.36	14
Stratford-sub-Castle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSalisbury	1.35	20
Zouch AcademyTidworth	1.33	60
Chilton Foliat Church of England Primary SchoolHungerford	1.29	17
Ashton Keynes Church of England Primary SchoolSwindon	1.27	30
Holy Trinity Church of England AcademyCalne	1.27	30
St Michael's CofE Aided PrimaryMarlborough	1.27	30
Semley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolShaftesbury	1.20	20
Sherston CofE Primary SchoolMalmesbury	1.20	30
Pitton Church of England Primary SchoolSalisbury	1.18	17
Bemerton St John Church of England PrimarySalisbury	1.17	30
Horningsham Primary SchoolWARMINSTER	1.17	12
Queen's Crescent SchoolChippenham	1.17	60
Bitham Brook Primary SchoolWestbury	1.12	59
Heddington Church of England Primary SchoolCalne	1.10	10
Lydiard Millicent CofE Primary SchoolSwindon	1.10	30
St Osmund's Catholic Primary School, SalisburySalisbury	1.10	30
Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSalisbury	1.07	29
Bulford St Leonard's C of E (VA) Primary SchoolSalisbury	1.07	29
Dilton Marsh CofE Primary SchoolWestbury	1.07	30
Downton CofE VA Primary SchoolSalisbury	1.07	30
Ludwell Primary SchoolShaftesbury	1.07	15
Ramsbury Primary SchoolMarlborough	1.07	30
Ridgeway Farm CofE AcademySwindon	1.07	30
Salisbury, Manor Fields Primary SchoolSalisbury	1.07	30
Holt Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolTrowbridge	1.05	22
St. Peter's CE Primary AcademySalisbury	1.03	59
Shaw CE Primary SchoolMelksham	1.03	30
The Minster CofE Primary SchoolWarminster	1.03	30
Wansdyke SchoolDevizes	1.03	30
Alderbury and West Grimstead Church of England Primary SchoolSalisbury	1.00	11
All Cannings Church of England Primary SchoolDevizes	1.00	18
Aloeric Primary SchoolMelksham	1.00	30
Bellefield Primary and Nursery SchoolTrowbridge	1.00	30
Bowerhill Primary SchoolMelksham	1.00	55
Box Church of England Primary SchoolCorsham	1.00	17
Brinkworth Earl Danby's Church of England PrimaryChippenham	1.00	12
Broad Chalke CofE Primary SchoolSalisbury	1.00	14
Broad Hinton Church of England Primary SchoolSwindon	1.00	13
Broad Town Church of England Primary SchoolSwindon	1.00	8
Burbage Primary SchoolMarlborough	1.00	27
Castle Mead SchoolTrowbridge	1.00	36
Chapmanslade Church of England Primary SchoolWestbury	1.00	11
Charter Primary SchoolChippenham	1.00	11
Chirton Church of England Primary SchoolDevizes	1.00	10
Christian Malford CofE Primary SchoolChippenham	1.00	11
Churchfields, the Village SchoolMelksham	1.00	10
Colerne CofE Primary SchoolChippenham	1.00	29
Coombe Bissett Church of England Primary SchoolSalisbury	1.00	14
Crockerton CofE Primary SchoolWarminster	1.00	9
Derry Hill Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolCalne	1.00	28
Dinton CofE Primary SchoolSalisbury	1.00	4
Easton Royal AcademyPewsey	1.00	4
Five Lanes Church of England Primary SchoolDevizes	1.00	2
Frogwell Primary SchoolChippenham	1.00	13
Great Wishford CofE (VA) Primary SchoolSalisbury	1.00	8
Hilperton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolTrowbridge	1.00	13
Hindon Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Mary's and St John'sSalisbury	1.00	6
Holbrook Primary SchoolTrowbridge	1.00	22
Hullavington CofE Primary and Nursery SchoolChippenham	1.00	14
Ivy Lane Primary SchoolChippenham	1.00	60
Kennet Valley Church of England Aided Primary SchoolMarlborough	1.00	13
Larkhill Primary SchoolSalisbury	1.00	34
Longleaze Primary SchoolSwindon	1.00	27
Luckington Community SchoolChippenham	1.00	6
Lyneham Primary SchoolChippenham	1.00	52
Minety Church of England Primary SchoolMalmesbury	1.00	9
Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary SchoolSalisbury	1.00	10
Netheravon All Saints CofE Primary SchoolSalisbury	1.00	21
Newtown Community Primary SchoolTrowbridge	1.00	19
North Bradley CofE Primary SchoolTrowbridge	1.00	26
Nursteed Community Primary SchoolDevizes	1.00	22
Oare Church of England Primary SchoolMarlborough	1.00	3
Ogbourne CofE Primary SchoolMarlborough	1.00	13
Old Sarum Primary SchoolSalisbury	1.00	29
Paxcroft Primary SchoolTrowbridge	1.00	37
Pembroke Park Primary SchoolSalisbury	1.00	14
Pewsey Primary SchoolPewsey	1.00	18
Preshute Church of England Primary SchoolMarlborough	1.00	6
Priestley Primary SchoolCalne	1.00	35
River Mead SchoolMelksham	1.00	23
Rushall Church of England Primary SchoolPewsey	1.00	5
Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary SchoolCalne	1.00	3
Sambourne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolWarminster	1.00	11
Seagry Church of England Primary SchoolChippenham	1.00	1
Seend Church of England Primary SchoolMelksham	1.00	4
Somerfords' Walter Powell CofE AcademyChippenham	1.00	3
Southbroom Infants' SchoolDevizes	1.00	11
Southwick Church of England Primary SchoolTrowbridge	1.00	16
St Bartholomew's Primary AcademyRoyal Wootton Bassett	1.00	51
St George's Church of England Primary School, SemingtonTrowbridge	1.00	10
St John's Catholic Primary School, TrowbridgeTrowbridge	1.00	34
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, DevizesDevizes	1.00	19
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, MalmesburyMalmesbury	1.00	3
St Katharine's CofE Primary SchoolMarlborough	1.00	14
St Mary's Broughton Gifford Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary SchoolMelksham	1.00	7
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolChippenham	1.00	24
St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolSalisbury	1.00	44
St Nicholas Church of England Primary SchoolSalisbury	1.00	20
St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, BromhamChippenham	1.00	7
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, CorshamCorsham	1.00	26
Stanton St Quintin Primary and Nursery SchoolNr. Chippenham	1.00	17
Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolTrowbridge	1.00	22
Studley Green Primary SchoolTrowbridge	1.00	18
The Avenue Primary School and Children's CentreWarminster	1.00	29
The Grove Primary SchoolTrowbridge	1.00	47
The Manor CofE VC Primary SchoolMelksham	1.00	13
The Mead Community Primary SchoolTrowbridge	1.00	50
The New Forest Church of England Primary SchoolWilts	1.00	15
Walwayne Court SchoolTrowbridge	1.00	24
West Ashton Church of England Primary SchoolTrowbridge	1.00	15
Westwood-with-Iford Primary SchoolBradford-on-Avon	1.00	6
Whiteparish All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolSalisbury	1.00	7
Whitesheet Church of England Primary AcademyWarminster	1.00	6
Willowbrook Primary SchoolTrowbridge	1.00	6
Winsley CoE VC Primary SchoolBradford-on-Avon	1.00	25
Winterslow Church of England Primary SchoolSalisbury	1.00	25
Woodborough Church of England Primary SchoolPewsey	1.00	21
Woodlands Primary SchoolSalisbury	1.00	25
Wootton Bassett Infants' SchoolSwindon	1.00	17
Wylye Valley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolWarminster	1.00	14
Wyndham Park Infants' SchoolSalisbury	1.00	33
Forest and Sandridge Church of England Primary SchoolMelksham	0.99	75
Marlborough St Mary's CE Primary SchoolMarlborough	0.98	48
Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' SchoolSalisbury	0.98	41
Fitzmaurice Primary SchoolBradford-on-Avon	0.97	29
Redland Primary SchoolChippenham	0.96	28
Sutton Veny CofE SchoolSutton Veny	0.96	27
The Trinity Church of England Primary AcademyDevizes	0.96	26
Greentrees Primary SchoolSalisbury	0.96	49
Westbury Leigh CofE Primary SchoolWestbury	0.96	23
St Sampson's Church of England Primary SchoolSwindon	0.95	22
Mere SchoolWarminster	0.95	43
St Paul's Primary SchoolChippenham	0.95	21
Corsham Primary SchoolCorsham	0.95	60
Fynamore Primary SchoolCalne	0.95	60
St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery, PurtonSwindon	0.95	40
Malmesbury Church of England Primary SchoolMalmesbury	0.95	38
New Close Primary SchoolWarminster	0.95	19
Collingbourne Church of England Primary SchoolMarlborough	0.94	17
Shrewton CofE Primary SchoolSalisbury	0.94	17
Harnham Infants' SchoolSalisbury	0.94	66
Monkton Park Primary SchoolChippenham	0.94	33
Rowde CofE AcademyDevizes	0.94	16
Wellington Lions Primary AcademyTidworth	0.94	16
Great Bedwyn Church of England SchoolMarlborough	0.93	30
Lea and Garsdon Church of England Primary SchoolMalmesbury	0.93	30
Bishops Cannings Church of England Primary SchoolDevizes	0.93	29
Winterbourne Earls Church of England Primary SchoolSalisbury	0.93	29
Hilmarton Primary SchoolCalne	0.93	14
Marden Vale CofE AcademyCalne	0.93	14
Oaksey CofE Primary SchoolMalmesbury	0.93	14
Gomeldon Primary SchoolSalisbury	0.92	13
Princecroft Primary SchoolWarminster	0.92	26
Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary SchoolSalisbury	0.92	26
St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, LaverstockSalisbury	0.92	26
Kings Lodge Primary SchoolChippenham	0.92	37
Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolBradford-on-Avon	0.90	50
Neston Primary SchoolNeston, Corsham	0.90	30
By Brook Valley CofE Primary SchoolChippenham	0.89	28
Keevil CofE Primary SchoolTrowbridge	0.89	9
Dauntsey Academy Primary SchoolDevizes	0.88	25
Amesbury Archer Primary SchoolAmesbury	0.88	49
Westbury Infant SchoolWestbury	0.88	57
St George's Catholic Primary School, WarminsterWarminster	0.88	8
The Corsham Regis Primary AcademyCorsham	0.88	24
Urchfont Church of England Primary SchoolDevizes	0.88	8
Christ The King Catholic School, AmesburyAmesbury	0.86	7
St Peter's CofE AcademyChippenham	0.85	13
Baydon St Nicholas Church of England Primary SchoolMarlborough	0.83	6
St Thomas à Becket Church of England Aided Primary SchoolSalisbury	0.83	6
Clarendon Infants' SchoolTidworth	0.82	61
St Barnabas Church of England School, Market LavingtonDevizes	0.82	11
Kiwi Primary SchoolSalisbury	0.81	27
Wellington Eagles Primary AcademyAndover	0.81	21
Bratton Primary SchoolWestbury	0.80	20
Cherhill CofE SchoolCalne	0.80	20
Lacock Church of England Primary SchoolChippenham	0.80	10
Langley Fitzurse Church of England Primary SchoolChippenham	0.80	10
St Martin's CofE Primary SchoolSalisbury	0.80	5
Woodford Valley Church of England Aided SchoolSalisbury	0.80	20
Sutton Benger Church of England Primary SchoolChippenham	0.78	18
Ludgershall Castle Primary SchoolAndover	0.77	44
Wilton CofE Primary SchoolSalisbury	0.75	16
Chilmark and Fonthill Bishop Church of England Aided Primary SchoolSalisbury	0.67	9
Heytesbury Church of England Primary SchoolWarminster	0.67	3
St John's Church of England Primary School, TisburySalisbury	0.62	8
Longford Church of England Primary SchoolSalisbury	0.50	2

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

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

School	First preferences per place	Places
South Wilts Grammar SchoolSalisbury	1.46	158
Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar SchoolSalisbury	1.36	157
Lavington SchoolDevizes	1.22	168
St John's MarlboroughMarlborough	1.16	265
Hardenhuish SchoolChippenham	1.15	236
St Augustine's Catholic CollegeTrowbridge	1.05	170
The Corsham SchoolCorsham	1.03	222
The Clarendon AcademyTrowbridge	0.98	117
Matravers SchoolWestbury	0.98	167
The John of Gaunt SchoolTrowbridge	0.98	226
Kingsbury Green AcademyCalne	0.97	189
Abbeyfield SchoolChippenham	0.97	135
Royal Wootton Bassett AcademySwindon	0.97	230
Kingdown SchoolWarminster	0.96	203
Malmesbury SchoolMalmesbury	0.95	270
The Stonehenge SchoolAmesbury	0.95	195
The Wellington AcademyLudgershall	0.95	151
Bradon Forest SchoolSwindon	0.94	174
Melksham Oak Community SchoolMelksham	0.93	168
Avon Valley AcademySalisbury	0.93	107
Sarum AcademySalisbury	0.91	116
The Trafalgar School at DowntonSalisbury	0.90	144
St Laurence SchoolBradford-on-Avon	0.89	219
Wyvern St Edmund's AcademySalisbury	0.89	219
Sheldon SchoolChippenham	0.84	211
St Joseph's Catholic SchoolSalisbury	0.84	102
Devizes SchoolDevizes	0.76	136
Pewsey Vale SchoolPewsey	0.70	56