Schools in York

57 schools with published admissions figures

The newest figures for each school. "1st prefs per place" is how many families put the school first, for each place it gave out. It measures demand, not whether a child would get a place. A dash means the figure is not available.

How the 2026 round went in York

Primary

• Offered their first choice 94.1%

  Of families applying for a primary place for September 2026. Against 94.6% in 2016.

• Offered one of their three 99.0%

  Families offered any of the schools they named.

• Families who applied 1,553

  Applications received for a primary place. A family naming three schools counts once.

For September 2026, 94.1% of families applying for a primary place here were offered their first choice, and 99.0% were offered one of the three schools they named.

That is much the same as in 2016, when it was 94.6%.

The council's primary schools between them had 1,891 places for 1,553 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.

Secondary

• Offered their first choice 93.7%

  Of families applying for a secondary place for September 2026. Against 90.9% in 2016.

• Offered one of their three 98.7%

  Families offered any of the schools they named.

• Families who applied 1,772

  Applications received for a secondary place. A family naming three schools counts once.

For September 2026, 93.7% of families applying for a secondary place here were offered their first choice, and 98.7% were offered one of the three schools they named.

That is 2.8 points higher than in 2016, when it was 90.9%.

The council's secondary schools between them had 1,977 places for 1,772 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.

Source: Department for Education, applications and offers. The same round across England.

The rules York allocated under in 2025

From the council's own allocation reports for 2025, covering 59 schools. This is not the order of priority. The reports say how many children each rule admitted, never where the rule sits in the list, so these are ordered by the number of children and that is a different thing. For the rules in order, read the admission arrangements the admission authority publishes.

Used across the council

Recorded by most of its schools, so part of the council's standard scheme rather than one school's own arrangement.

Used by some schools only

Recorded by a minority of schools here, so more likely to belong to those schools' own arrangements than to the council's scheme.

These are the council's own names for its rules and cannot be compared with another council's. Source: the council's published allocation reports.

If a family is refused a place

Source: Department for Education, admission appeals in England, reporting year 2026. Counts every school in this council area. The share that succeeded is taken over appeals heard by a panel, not over appeals lodged.

Elsewhere

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• Schools in YO19 (6)
• Schools in YO23 (8)
• Schools in YO24 (9)
• Schools in YO26 (10)
• Schools in YO30 (8)
• Schools in YO31 (8)
• Schools in YO32 (9)
• Schools in YO41 (7)
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