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Admissions and catchment data: what we hold, council by council

How many families applied to each school, how far away the last child to get a place lived, and where a council draws its catchment lines are published by each council separately, not by the government, and every council does it differently. This page shows which councils we have loaded so far, and how to get yours added.

Allocation figures

Councils whose "how places were given out" figures are loaded. Every school in these councils has a postcode check in its Getting a place section.

CouncilPhaseEntry yearsSchoolsWith a last distance
Bath and North East SomersetPrimary2025, 20261914
Bath and North East SomersetSecondary2025, 202676
BedfordPrimary20265110
BedfordSecondary202673
BirminghamSecondary20268536
BoltonSecondary2026159
Bracknell ForestPrimary2026169
Bracknell ForestSecondary202652
BradfordPrimary202515237
BradfordSecondary2021, 2022, 2023, 2025, 20263419
BrentPrimary2025, 20265822
BrentSecondary2025, 20261610
Brighton and HovePrimary2023, 2024, 2025, 20264610
Bristol, City ofPrimary2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20264035
Bristol, City ofSecondary2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20261410
BromleyPrimary2026750
BromleySecondary2026190
BuckinghamshirePrimary2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 202617876
BuckinghamshireSecondary2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20263631
BuryPrimary2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20265316
BurySecondary2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026107
CalderdalePrimary2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20267747
CalderdaleSecondary2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026130
CambridgeshirePrimary2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20267878
CambridgeshireSecondary2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20263329
CamdenSecondary2025, 2026103
Central BedfordshireSecondary202643
Cheshire EastSecondary2025, 20261818
County DurhamSecondary2026309
CoventryPrimary20262723
CoventrySecondary20262013
DevonPrimary2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 202629930
DevonSecondary2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026390
DoncasterPrimary2025970
DoncasterSecondary2026190
DorsetPrimary2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20263231
DorsetSecondary2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20261110
DudleyPrimary2024, 2025, 20267739
DudleySecondary2023, 2024, 2025, 20261811
EalingPrimary2025, 20264611
EalingSecondary2025, 2026159
East SussexPrimary202614531
East SussexSecondary2026245
EnfieldPrimary202688
EssexPrimary20264390
EssexSecondary2026770
GloucestershirePrimary2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 202624164
GloucestershireSecondary2023, 2024, 2025, 20264018
HackneySecondary2023, 20261511
HaltonPrimary2024, 20264511
HaltonSecondary2024, 2025, 202675
HampshirePrimary2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 202632692
HampshireSecondary2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20266938
HaringeyPrimary2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20263024
HaringeySecondary2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026126
HarrowPrimary2023, 2024, 2025, 20263917
HarrowSecondary2023, 2024, 2025, 2026117
HartlepoolPrimary2025, 2026305
HartlepoolSecondary2025, 202653
HaveringPrimary2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20264921
HaveringSecondary2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20261812
HertfordshirePrimary2024, 2025, 2026262150
HertfordshireSecondary2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20264634
HillingdonPrimary20255713
HillingdonSecondary2025158
HounslowPrimary2025255
HounslowSecondary2024, 2025114
IslingtonPrimary2024, 2025, 20263920
IslingtonSecondary2024, 2025, 2026105
Kingston upon ThamesSecondary202593
KirkleesPrimary2024, 2025, 202613333
KirkleesSecondary2023, 2024, 2025, 20262316
KnowsleyPrimary2025, 20261815
KnowsleySecondary202644
LambethPrimary2025, 20265719
LambethSecondary2024, 2025, 2026169
LeedsPrimary2023, 2024, 2025, 20269653
LeedsSecondary2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026445
LeicesterPrimary20267510
LeicesterSecondary2026218
LewishamSecondary202633
LincolnshirePrimary2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20262680
LincolnshireSecondary2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026530
LutonPrimary2026120
ManchesterSecondary2026317
MertonPrimary2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20264319
MertonSecondary2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 202692
MiddlesbroughPrimary2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20264110
MiddlesbroughSecondary2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 202685
Milton KeynesPrimary20269011
Milton KeynesSecondary2026159
Newcastle upon TynePrimary2025, 20267621
Newcastle upon TyneSecondary2025160
North East LincolnshirePrimary2025, 2026460
North East LincolnshireSecondary2025, 2026100
North SomersetPrimary2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20262120
North SomersetSecondary2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 202688
NottinghamshirePrimary2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 202628064
NottinghamshireSecondary2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20264526
OldhamPrimary2025, 20266826
OldhamSecondary2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026147
OxfordshirePrimary2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 202624592
OxfordshireSecondary2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20264029
PeterboroughPrimary2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20261616
PeterboroughSecondary2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026149
PortsmouthPrimary20261616
PortsmouthSecondary202666
ReadingSecondary2026101
RedbridgeSecondary2026178
RotherhamSecondary2024, 202670
RutlandPrimary2025170
SalfordPrimary2023, 2024, 2025, 20267537
SalfordSecondary2022, 2023, 2024, 2025156
SandwellPrimary2024, 2025, 20269232
SandwellSecondary2024, 2025, 2026228
SeftonPrimary2023, 2024, 20256921
SeftonSecondary2023, 2024, 20251711
SheffieldPrimary2024, 2025, 20262828
SheffieldSecondary20261717
ShropshirePrimary202612633
ShropshireSecondary2024, 2025, 20261914
SolihullSecondary2023, 2024, 20251312
SomersetPrimary2023, 2024, 2025, 20265149
SomersetSecondary2023, 2024, 2025, 20261212
South GloucestershirePrimary20262928
South TynesidePrimary2025, 20264012
South TynesideSecondary2025, 202685
Southend-on-SeaPrimary2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20263216
Southend-on-SeaSecondary2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026111
SouthwarkPrimary2026289
St. HelensPrimary2025529
St. HelensSecondary2023, 2024, 202563
StaffordshireSecondary2024, 2025, 20262517
Stoke-on-TrentPrimary2025, 20266729
Stoke-on-TrentSecondary20251511
SurreyPrimary2024, 2025, 2026298157
SurreySecondary2024, 2025, 20265838
SuttonPrimary2024, 2025, 20263413
SuttonSecondary2024, 2025, 2026156
TamesidePrimary2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20267634
TamesideSecondary2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20261511
Telford and WrekinPrimary20265216
Telford and WrekinSecondary2026124
TorbayPrimary2025, 2026280
TorbaySecondary2025, 202680
WalsallPrimary20268625
WalsallSecondary2026176
Waltham ForestSecondary2026178
WandsworthPrimary20264923
WandsworthSecondary2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026115
WarringtonPrimary20266628
WarringtonSecondary2026126
WarwickshireSecondary2024, 20253835
West BerkshirePrimary20266022
West BerkshireSecondary2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026109
West SussexPrimary2023, 2024, 202522458
West SussexSecondary2023, 2024, 2025, 2026368
WestminsterPrimary2026310
WestminsterSecondary2025, 202683
Westmorland and FurnessPrimary20261210
Westmorland and FurnessSecondary2026190
WiganPrimary20269841
WiganSecondary2025, 20261912
WiltshirePrimary202618454
WiltshireSecondary2026256
Windsor and MaidenheadPrimary20254625
Windsor and MaidenheadSecondary2025148
WokinghamPrimary2025, 20262016
WokinghamSecondary2025, 2026108
WolverhamptonSecondary2026209
WorcestershirePrimary2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 202617856
WorcestershireSecondary2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20264729
YorkPrimary2024, 2025, 20264912
YorkSecondary2024, 2025, 202695

Catchment areas

Councils that publish their catchment area maps as open data. Every Scottish council has formal catchments. In England only some councils use them; most give out places by distance instead.

CouncilNationPhaseCatchmentsMatched to a schoolWith house prices
Aberdeen CityScotlandPrimary5248
Aberdeen CityScotlandSecondary1411
AberdeenshireScotlandPrimary155140
AberdeenshireScotlandSecondary2518
AngusScotlandPrimary5151
AngusScotlandSecondary1614
ClackmannanshireScotlandPrimary1818
ClackmannanshireScotlandSecondary43
Dundee CityScotlandPrimary3333
Dundee CityScotlandSecondary77
Edinburgh CityScotlandPrimary192184
Edinburgh CityScotlandSecondary5250
Glasgow CityScotlandPrimary200144
Glasgow CityScotlandSecondary5729
HighlandScotlandPrimary186176
HighlandScotlandSecondary4141
North AyrshireScotlandPrimary5050
North AyrshireScotlandSecondary1212
North LanarkshireScotlandPrimary125121
North LanarkshireScotlandSecondary2723
Orkney IslandsScotlandPrimary1919
Perth & KinrossScotlandPrimary55
Perth & KinrossScotlandSecondary1914
Cheshire EastEnglandPrimary10310393
Cheshire EastEnglandSecondary121212
Cheshire West and ChesterEnglandPrimary10110186
Cheshire West and ChesterEnglandSecondary141414
NorthumberlandEnglandPrimary127127111
NorthumberlandEnglandSecondary151515
SheffieldEnglandPrimary1018282
SheffieldEnglandSecondary261919
YorkEnglandPrimary444343
YorkEnglandSecondary1277

Scotland's remaining councils publish through the Improvement Service's Spatial Hub, which needs a registered account; those layers are next. English councils without formal catchments allocate on distance, which the allocation figures above cover.

Getting your council added

Every English council publishes these figures after offer day (1 March for secondary schools, 16 April for primary), usually as a PDF or spreadsheet on its admissions pages. If asked, it has to supply them under the Freedom of Information Act. If your council isn't listed, either send us a link to the published file, or send the council the request below. It takes up to twenty working days, and you can forward the reply to us.

Freedom of Information request template

Dear School Admissions Team,

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide, for each primary and secondary school in [council] for entry in September [year] and the four preceding years:

  1. the published admission number;
  2. the number of first, second and third preferences received;
  3. the number of places offered on National Offer Day, and how many of those were to first-preference applicants;
  4. the last oversubscription criterion under which a place was offered;
  5. where places were allocated on distance, the home-to-school distance of the last child offered a place, in metres or miles.

A spreadsheet (CSV or Excel) is preferred. If you already publish this on your website, a link is sufficient. Please confirm that the data may be reused under the Open Government Licence.

Yours faithfully,