Most applied-for Havering primary schools

For 2026 entry, Gidea Park Primary School had the most applications for each Reception place: 5.9 applications per place. That is its 351 applications for 2026 entry, divided by its 60 Reception places that year.

Applications count every family that named the school as any of their six preferences, so one child counts at several schools. A high number shows a school is popular; it doesn’t say how far away places were offered. For that, see each school’s cut-offs.

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Havering primary schools by applications per place (all six preferences) Applications for 2026 entry against Reception places the same year. Source: Havering Council.
Rank	School	Applications per place	Applications	Reception places	Cut-off, 2026
1	Gidea Park Primary School	5.9	351	60	0.33 miles
2	Nelmes Primary School	5.4	321	60	0.67 miles
3	Ardleigh Green Infant School	4.7	421	90	0.46 miles
4	Scotts Primary School	4.2	250	60	0.61 miles
5	Harrow Lodge Primary School	3.9	233	60	0.85 miles
6	Branfil Primary School	3.7	219	60	1.80 miles
7	Towers Infant School	3.2	290	90	0.70 miles
8	Hacton Primary School	3.2	279	88	1.46 miles
9	Clockhouse Primary School	3.2	284	90	0.47 miles
10	Concordia Academy	3.1	283	90	0.69 miles
11	Suttons Primary School	3.0	179	60	No cut-off
12	Upminster Infant School	2.9	262	90	1.19 miles
13	Elm Park Primary School	2.9	174	60	No cut-off
14	Rainham Village Primary School	2.9	173	60	0.58 miles
15	Hylands Primary School	2.7	244	90	0.80 miles
16	Drapers' Brookside Infant School	2.7	81	30	0.75 miles
17	The James Oglethorpe Primary School	2.7	159	60	2.74 miles
18	Squirrels Heath Primary School	2.6	235	90	2.04 miles
19	Brady Primary School	2.5	151	60	3.61 miles
20	Scargill Infant School	2.4	143	60	1.46 miles
21	Park Primary Academy	2.3	68	30	0.97 miles
22	Oasis Academy Pinewood	2.2	66	30	No cut-off
23	Harold Court Primary School	2.1	126	60	No cut-off
24	Mead Primary School	2.1	189	90	No cut-off
25	Benhurst Primary School	2.1	124	60	No cut-off
26	Langtons Infant School & Nursery	2.0	120	60	No cut-off
27	Parklands Primary School	2.0	240	120	No cut-off
28	R J Mitchell Primary School	2.0	60	30	No cut-off
29	Harold Wood Primary School	2.0	178	90	No cut-off
30	The Mawney Foundation School	1.9	174	90	No cut-off
31	Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School	1.9	56	30	No cut-off
32	Newtons Primary School	1.9	112	60	No cut-off
33	Crowlands Primary School	1.8	165	90	No cut-off
34	Crownfield Infant School	1.7	157	90	No cut-off
35	Broadford Primary School	1.6	147	90	No cut-off
36	Drapers' Maylands Primary School	1.6	96	60	No cut-off
37	Whybridge Infant School	1.6	140	90	No cut-off
38	Engayne Primary School	1.5	139	90	No cut-off
39	Rise Park Infant School	1.4	128	90	No cut-off
40	Hilldene Primary School	1.3	121	90	No cut-off
41	Parsonage Farm Primary School	1.3	113	90	No cut-off

Not ranked: Dame Tipping Church of England Primary School, La Salette Catholic Primary School, St Alban's Catholic Primary School, St Edward's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, St Mary's Catholic Primary School, St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, St Peter's Catholic Primary School, St Ursula's Catholic Primary School. Our figures cover only part of the intake there (for example one class), but applications are for the whole school, so a per-place figure would mislead.

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