When do Reception applications close for September 2027?

In England, applications for a primary school place close on 15 January (gov.uk), which is Friday 15 January 2027. Offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day: Friday 16 April 2027. Apply through your council, even if your child is at the school’s nursery.

What is the last distance offered?

When a school has more applicants than places, the council offers places in the order of the school’s admission criteria. The last distance offered is how far from the school the last child offered a place under distance lived. It is one year’s outcome, not a boundary: it moves with who applies each year.

Is the distance measured in a straight line or by walking route?

It depends on the admission authority. The School Admissions Code requires each one to say in its admission arrangements how distance from home to school is measured, so read the school’s own arrangements: it may be a straight line or a route.

Reception Cut-off Distances by Council: September 2026 Entry

Council	Schools with a figure	Median	Shortest	Longest	Places left
Barnet	8	0.58 mi	0.38 mi Northside Primary School	0.88 mi St Mary's CofE Primary School	0
Bath and North East Somerset	18	1.57 mi	0.47 mi St John's Church of England Primary School	2.88 mi Chew Magna Primary School	0
Bedford	7	0.88 mi	0.32 mi Livingstone Primary School	1.46 mi Kempston Rural Primary School	0
Birmingham	50	0.67 mi	0.10 mi Cromwell Junior and Infant School	3.79 mi Coppice Primary School	0
Blackburn with Darwen	7	0.85 mi	0.18 mi Daisyfield Primary School	1.63 mi Turton Belmont Community Primary School	0
Bolton	20	0.61 mi	0.16 mi Moorgate Primary School	1.36 mi Egerton Community Primary School	2
Bracknell Forest	9	0.71 mi	0.27 mi Great Hollands Primary School	3.38 mi Cranbourne Primary School	0
Bradford	39	0.89 mi	0.23 mi Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy	4.50 mi Cottingley Village Primary School	0
Brent	16	1.08 mi	0.30 mi Ark Academy	3.22 mi Anson Primary School	0
Brighton and Hove	10	1.07 mi	0.53 mi Carlton Hill Primary School	3.62 mi Westdene Primary School	0
Bristol	24	0.66 mi	0.29 mi Victoria Park Primary School	1.61 mi Bishop Road Primary School	0
Bromley	20	0.71 mi	0.33 mi Alexandra Infant School	4.07 mi Orion Mead Road	0
Buckinghamshire	43	1.49 mi	0.27 mi Abbey View Primary Academy	4.91 mi Waddesdon Village Primary School	0
Bury	11	0.94 mi	0.33 mi St Luke's CofE Primary School	2.18 mi Lowercroft Primary School	0
Calderdale	12	1.14 mi	0.35 mi Bolton Brow Primary Academy	3.03 mi Bradshaw Primary School	0
Cambridgeshire	55	1.37 mi	0.22 mi Middlefield Primary Academy	7.08 mi * Murrow Primary Academy	1
Camden	9	0.47 mi	0.23 mi Eleanor Palmer Primary School	1.88 mi Abacus Belsize Primary School	0
Central Bedfordshire	23	1.35 mi	0.30 mi Linslade Lower School	4.33 mi Harlington Lower School	0
Cheshire East	51	1.82 mi	0.28 mi Broken Cross Primary Academy and Nursery	12.20 mi * Puss Bank School and Nursery	0
Cheshire West and Chester	25	1.25 mi	0.22 mi Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School	7.37 mi * Alvanley and Manley Village School	0
County Durham	20	2.08 mi	0.81 mi Montalbo Nursery & Primary School	4.32 mi Vane Road Primary School	0
Coventry	16	0.70 mi	0.35 mi St Christopher Primary School	5.89 mi * Alderman's Green Primary School	0
Croydon	32	1.01 mi	0.31 mi Rockmount Primary School	6.17 mi * Winterbourne Nursery and Infants' School	0
Darlington	6	1.20 mi	0.81 mi Mount Pleasant Primary School	3.59 mi Hurworth Primary School	0
Devon	37	1.56 mi	0.24 mi Kingsteignton School	10.76 mi * Cheriton Bishop Community Primary School	0
Dorset	19	1.56 mi	0.81 mi Hayeswood First School	5.24 mi * Sherborne Primary School	0
Dudley	28	0.80 mi	0.28 mi Blowers Green Primary School	4.44 mi Cotwall End Primary School	0
Ealing	13	0.57 mi	0.25 mi Southfield Primary School	1.29 mi St John's Primary School	0
East Sussex	26	1.61 mi	0.26 mi All Saints Church of England Primary School, Bexhill	8.98 mi * Bodiam Church of England Primary School	0
Enfield	8	1.00 mi	0.48 mi Hazelwood Infant School	1.93 mi Eversley Primary School	0
Essex	40	2.06 mi	0.22 mi Baynards Primary School	7.39 mi * St George's Church of England Primary School, Great Bromley	0
Gateshead	4	0.90 mi	0.56 mi Crookhill Community Primary School	2.61 mi Rowlands Gill Community Primary School	0
Gloucestershire	78	1.52 mi	0.07 mi Hartpury Church of England Primary School	8.53 mi * The Croft Primary School	0
Greenwich	30	1.31 mi	0.27 mi Thorntree Primary School	8.45 mi * Horn Park Primary School	0
Hackney	14	0.46 mi	0.20 mi Grasmere Primary School	1.67 mi Mandeville Primary School	0
Halton	5	1.16 mi	0.78 mi Lunts Heath Primary School	2.80 mi Hale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	0
Hammersmith and Fulham	4	0.77 mi	0.54 mi Kenmont Primary School	1.24 mi Addison Primary School	0
Hampshire	22	3.56 mi	0.35 mi Kings Copse Primary School	7.07 mi * Wherwell Primary School	0
Haringey	21	0.42 mi	0.22 mi Belmont Infant School	1.59 mi Coldfall Primary School	0
Harrow	11	0.80 mi	0.36 mi Newton Farm Nursery, Infant and Junior School	2.30 mi Whitefriars School	0
Hartlepool	1	too few	0.57 mi West Park Primary School	–	0
Havering	19	0.80 mi	0.33 mi Gidea Park Primary School	3.61 mi Brady Primary School	0
Hertfordshire	174	1.13 mi	0.18 mi Two Waters Primary School	12.93 mi * Watton-at-Stone Primary and Nursery School	0
Hillingdon	11	1.04 mi	0.44 mi Bourne Primary School	3.83 mi Warrender Primary School	0
Hounslow	11	0.78 mi	0.38 mi Spring Grove Primary School	2.65 mi Lionel Primary School	0
Kensington and Chelsea	6	0.75 mi	0.26 mi Thomas Jones Primary School	2.03 mi Kensington Primary Academy	0
Kent	225	1.79 mi	0.17 mi Palmarsh Primary School	17.10 mi * Ash Cartwright and Kelsey Church of England Primary School	1
Kingston upon Thames	6	0.64 mi	0.31 mi Alexandra Primary School	3.19 mi Fern Hill Primary School	0
Kirklees	28	0.97 mi	0.24 mi Slaithwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School	3.48 mi Holme Junior and Infant School	0
Knowsley	9	0.55 mi	0.21 mi Roby Park Primary School	2.12 mi Evelyn Community Primary School	0
Lambeth	15	0.48 mi	0.24 mi Streatham Wells Primary	1.55 mi Dunraven School	0
Leeds	39	0.84 mi	0.29 mi Lower Wortley Primary School	4.00 mi Lady Elizabeth Hastings' CofE VA Primary School, Thorp Arch	56
Leicester	10	0.59 mi	0.38 mi Sandfield Close Primary School	3.69 mi Braunstone Frith Primary Academy	0
Leicestershire	37	1.32 mi	0.38 mi Orchard Community Primary School	4.40 mi Woodland Grange Primary School	0
Lewisham	18	0.49 mi	0.29 mi Horniman Primary School	1.23 mi Fairlawn Primary School	0
Luton	11	0.56 mi	0.32 mi Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre	1.92 mi Waulud Primary School	0
Manchester	12	0.50 mi	0.34 mi Cringle Brook Primary School	1.33 mi Crossacres Primary Academy	0
Merton	13	0.53 mi	0.23 mi Wimbledon Park Primary School	2.43 mi West Wimbledon Primary School	0
Milton Keynes	8	1.07 mi	0.45 mi Whitehouse Primary School	3.53 mi Priory Rise School	0
Newcastle upon Tyne	15	0.98 mi	0.46 mi Archibald First School	1.93 mi Dinnington First School	0
Newham	24	0.71 mi	0.32 mi Royal Wharf Primary School	4.78 mi Star Primary School	0
North Lincolnshire	4	1.07 mi	0.67 mi Gunness and Burringham Church of England Primary School	1.81 mi Holme Valley Primary School	0
North Somerset	8	0.93 mi	0.40 mi St Georges Church School	2.80 mi Ashcombe Primary School	0
North Yorkshire	6	3.36 mi	0.31 mi Stakesby Primary Academy	4.47 mi Croft Church of England Primary School	0
Nottinghamshire	51	1.19 mi	0.16 mi Hucknall Flying High Academy	6.48 mi * Beeston Fields Flying High Academy	42
Oldham	22	0.58 mi	0.16 mi Greenacres Primary Academy	3.84 mi Diggle School	0
Oxfordshire	55	1.20 mi	0.25 mi Aureus Primary School	6.57 mi * Kingham Primary School	0
Peterborough	7	0.85 mi	0.43 mi Hampton Lakes Primary School	4.78 mi Barnack CofE (Controlled) Primary School	0
Plymouth	18	1.24 mi	0.43 mi Widewell Primary Academy	6.53 mi * Plympton St Maurice Primary School	0
Portsmouth	10	0.60 mi	0.30 mi Langstone Primary Academy	1.18 mi Gatcombe Park Primary School	0
Reading	14	0.68 mi	0.18 mi Oxford Road Community School	2.64 mi Green Park Village Primary Academy	2
Redbridge	7	0.90 mi	0.58 mi Churchfields Infants' School	3.69 mi Manford Primary School	0
Richmond upon Thames	10	1.04 mi	0.28 mi Deer Park School	1.73 mi Stanley Primary School	0
Rochdale	12	0.85 mi	0.41 mi Ashfield Valley Primary School	1.78 mi Elm Wood Primary School	0
Salford	15	0.53 mi	0.34 mi James Brindley Community Primary School	3.94 mi Irlam Primary School	0
Sandwell	18	0.58 mi	0.23 mi St Matthew's CofE Primary School	4.39 mi Ferndale Primary School	0
Sefton	16	0.78 mi	0.16 mi King's Lander Primary Academy	2.09 mi Summerhill Primary School	0
Sheffield	25	0.91 mi	0.29 mi Netherthorpe Primary School	3.19 mi Oughtibridge Primary School	0
Shropshire	36	4.01 mi	0.62 mi Shifnal Primary School	34.72 mi * Bomere Heath Church of England Primary School	50
Solihull	2	too few	0.65 mi Cranmore Infant School	2.11 mi Blossomfield Infant and Nursery School	0
Somerset	25	1.44 mi	0.26 mi Kingfisher Primary School	4.25 mi Rode Methodist VC First School	0
South Gloucestershire	25	1.18 mi	0.36 mi Charlton Wood Primary Academy	3.05 mi Olveston Church of England Primary School	0
Southampton	6	1.04 mi	0.49 mi Redbridge Primary School	2.71 mi Bitterne Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools	0
Southend-on-Sea	5	1.16 mi	0.25 mi Barons Court Primary School and Nursery	2.66 mi Leigh North Street Primary School	0
Southwark	9	0.63 mi	0.20 mi Heber Primary School	0.84 mi Ivydale Primary School	0
Staffordshire	1	too few	1.63 mi St Lukes CofE Primary School	–	14
Stockport	8	1.02 mi	0.19 mi Woodford Primary School	3.28 mi Ludworth Primary School	0
Stoke-on-Trent	13	0.83 mi	0.18 mi Ash Green Primary Academy	2.06 mi Waterside Primary School	0
Suffolk	7	0.61 mi	0.34 mi Grace Cook Primary School	1.05 mi Grove Primary School	1
Sunderland	20	1.33 mi	0.25 mi Benedict Biscop Church of England Academy	4.63 mi Richard Avenue Primary School	0
Surrey	76	1.26 mi	0.20 mi Farncombe Church of England Infant School	10.22 mi * Send CofE Primary School	0
Sutton	12	0.81 mi	0.29 mi Manor Park Primary Academy	2.06 mi Cheam Park Farm Primary Academy	0
Swindon	12	0.93 mi	0.28 mi Lift Hazelwood	3.24 mi Wroughton Infant School	0
Tameside	14	0.54 mi	0.15 mi Holy Trinity CofE Primary School	2.58 mi Millbrook Primary School	0
Telford and Wrekin	15	1.19 mi	0.23 mi Lawley Village Academy	4.13 mi Crudgington Primary School	0
Tower Hamlets	4	1.55 mi	1.23 mi John Scurr Primary School	1.91 mi Seven Mills Primary School	0
Trafford	6	0.60 mi	0.32 mi Park Road Sale Primary School	1.46 mi Springfield Primary School	0
Walsall	22	0.74 mi	0.23 mi North Walsall Primary Academy	3.19 mi Blackwood School	0
Waltham Forest	22	0.48 mi	0.16 mi Coppermill Primary School	1.32 mi Yardley Primary School	0
Wandsworth	18	0.41 mi	0.19 mi Ronald Ross Primary School	3.38 mi Chesterton Primary School	0
Warrington	11	1.23 mi	0.36 mi Dallam Community Primary School	4.91 mi Great Sankey Primary School	0
Warwickshire	14	1.64 mi	0.27 mi The Griffin Primary School	17.67 mi * Newton Regis CofE Primary School	0
West Berkshire	13	1.05 mi	0.33 mi Downsway Primary School	2.61 mi Englefield C.E. Primary School	0
West Northamptonshire	12	1.32 mi	0.33 mi Queen Eleanor Primary Academy	5.55 mi * Briar Hill Primary School & Nursery	0
Westmorland and Furness	9	2.00 mi	0.50 mi Dane Ghyll Community Primary School and Nursery	4.00 mi Plumpton School	0
Wigan	21	0.65 mi	0.20 mi Millbrook Primary School	2.06 mi Garrett Hall Primary School	0
Wiltshire	67	3.29 mi	0.36 mi Holy Trinity Church of England Academy	16.47 mi * Mere School	75
Windsor and Maidenhead	20	1.39 mi	0.29 mi Lowbrook Academy	30.82 mi * St Michael's CofE Primary School, Sunninghill	0
Wokingham	9	1.21 mi	0.47 mi Hatch Ride Primary School	4.03 mi Walter Infant School	0
Wolverhampton	18	0.81 mi	0.22 mi West Park Primary School	2.58 mi Palmers Cross Primary School	0
Worcestershire	5	3.32 mi	1.78 mi St Andrew's CofE First School	4.66 mi Grimley and Holt CofE Primary School	0
York	2	too few	1.94 mi Knavesmire Primary School	2.30 mi Badger Hill Primary Academy	0

Barnet

8

0.58 mi

0.38 mi
Northside Primary School

0.88 mi
St Mary's CofE Primary School

0

Bath and North East Somerset

18

1.57 mi

0.47 mi
St John's Church of England Primary School

2.88 mi
Chew Magna Primary School

0