Primary schools with the smallest catchment areas
The median cut-off among these 824 oversubscribed schools is 0.67 miles. At the top of the list, you need to live within a few hundred metres.
Purford Green Primary School in Essex is ranked first, on 0.14 miles. The list spans 48 local authorities, and Hertfordshire has the most schools in it (6).
To make this top 100, a school needed a cut-off of 0.33 miles or less. Across all 824 schools that meet the rules, the typical cut-off is 0.67 miles. By region, the top 100 breaks down as London 41, North West 14 and West Midlands 12; 2 of England's nine regions have no school in the list.
How this ranking works
The measure is the distance from the school of the last child offered a place on distance, as published by the council. We include only oversubscribed schools without a religious character, and leave out distances that apply to just one category of applicant (such as a faith or out-of-catchment group). Not every council publishes cut-offs, so some areas are missing.
100 of the 824 schools that meet these rules are shown below. A rank with "=" is shared with another school on the same figure. Tap any school to see its full results, Ofsted grades, admissions and nearby alternatives.
The top 100
- 1Purford Green Primary School0.14 miles
- =2Coppermill Primary School0.16 miles
- =2Greenacres Primary Academy0.16 miles
- =2King's Lander Primary Academy0.16 miles
- =2Kingsmoor Academy0.16 miles
- 6Broadfield Primary School0.17 miles
- =7Ash Green Primary Academy0.18 miles
- =7Coppice Primary Academy0.18 miles
- =7Two Waters Primary School0.18 miles
- =10Gillespie Primary School0.19 miles
- =10Ronald Ross Primary School0.19 miles
- =12Heber Primary School0.20 miles
- =12Millbrook Primary School0.20 miles
- =14Co-op Academy Glebe0.21 miles
- =14Ladywood Primary School0.21 miles
- =14Panshanger Primary School0.21 miles
- =14Pikemere School0.21 miles
- =14Roby Park Primary School0.21 miles
- =19Belmont Infant School0.22 miles
- =19Crampton Primary0.22 miles
- =19Earlsfield Primary School0.22 miles
- =19Garden Village Primary Academy0.22 miles
- =19North Walsall Primary Academy0.22 miles
- =19Roundthorn Primary Academy0.22 miles
- =19Sheringdale Primary School0.22 miles
- =19West Park Primary School0.22 miles
- 27Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy0.23 miles
- =28Betty Layward Primary School0.24 miles
- =28Fagley Primary School0.24 miles
- =28Harris Primary Academy Philip Lane0.24 miles
- =28Jessop Primary School0.24 miles
- =28Streatham Wells Primary0.24 miles
- =28William Tyndale Primary School0.24 miles
- =34Great Binfields Primary School0.25 miles
- =34Halstow Primary School0.25 miles
- =34Moorcroft Wood Academy0.25 miles
- =34Stoke St Michael Primary School0.25 miles
- =38Boreham Primary School0.26 miles
- =38Floreat Wandsworth Primary School0.26 miles
- =38Locking Stumps Community Primary School0.26 miles
- =38Sudbourne Primary School0.26 miles
- =38Thomas Jones Primary School0.26 miles
- =38Weston Park Primary School0.26 miles
- =44Allfarthing Primary School0.27 miles
- =44Carrwood Primary School0.27 miles
- =44Dane Bank Primary School0.27 miles
- =44Field Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School0.27 miles
- =44Great Hollands Primary School0.27 miles
- =44Newhall Primary Academy0.27 miles
- =44The Griffin Primary School0.27 miles
- =44William MacGregor Primary School0.27 miles
- =52Blowers Green Primary School0.28 miles
- =52Crocketts Community Primary School0.28 miles
- =52Shacklewell Primary School0.28 miles
- =55George Street Primary School0.29 miles
- =55Horniman Primary School0.29 miles
- =55Longlands Primary School and Nursery0.29 miles
- =55Manor Park Primary Academy0.29 miles
- =55Merton Park Primary School0.29 miles
- =55Netherthorpe Primary School0.29 miles
- =55South Harringay Infant School0.29 miles
- =55Telferscot Primary School0.29 miles
- =55Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School0.29 miles
- =64Ark Academy0.30 miles
- =64Barn Croft Primary School0.30 miles
- =64Halton Community Combined School0.30 miles
- =64Harris Academy Tottenham0.30 miles
- =64Holybrook Primary School0.30 miles
- =64Langstone Primary Academy0.30 miles
- =64Lightmoor Village Primary School0.30 miles
- =64Pyrcroft Grange Primary School0.30 miles
- =72Greenhill Academy0.31 miles
- =72Hindley Junior and Infant School0.31 miles
- =72Kemble Primary School0.31 miles
- =72Malvern Primary School0.31 miles
- =72Meridian Primary School0.31 miles
- =72Oughtrington Primary School0.31 miles
- =72Rockmount Primary School0.31 miles
- =72Stakesby Primary Academy0.31 miles
- =72Wallands Community Primary and Nursery School0.31 miles
- =72Yerbury Primary School0.31 miles
- =82Berkeley Primary School0.32 miles
- =82Chestnut Lane School0.32 miles
- =82Cullingworth Village Primary School0.32 miles
- =82Fircroft Primary School0.32 miles
- =82Gade Valley Primary School0.32 miles
- =82Greenway Primary and Nursery School0.32 miles
- =82Harbour Primary and Nursery School0.32 miles
- =82Lacewood Primary School0.32 miles
- =82Newington Green Primary School0.32 miles
- =82Rokesly Infant & Nursery School0.32 miles
- =82The Jenny Hammond Primary School0.32 miles
- =82Westwood Academy0.32 miles
- =94Alexandra Infant School0.33 miles
- =94Ark Priory Primary Academy0.33 miles
- =94Co-op Academy Hamilton0.33 miles
- =94Elmhurst Primary School0.33 miles
- =94Gidea Park Primary School0.33 miles
- =94Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green0.33 miles
- =94Hugh Myddelton Primary School0.33 miles
Things to bear in mind
Cut-off distances change every year with the number and location of applicants. Siblings usually take many places before distance is used, which shrinks the distance left over. Councils also measure distance differently, some in a straight line and some by walking route, so compare schools within the same council where you can.
Sources: DfE school admissions statistics (applications and offers for September 2026) and council allocation statements. Published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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