Woodingdean Primary School admissions: your chances of a place
How many families wanted a place, how many there were, how far the last place went, and how it compares with the schools around it.
Will you get a place at Woodingdean Primary School? Get the admissions report
Your home postcode, set against Woodingdean Primary School's admissions figures, in one report saved to your account.
What the report includes for Woodingdean Primary School:
- The straight-line distance from your home to Woodingdean Primary School.
- Last distance offered for 2027 entry, from Brighton and Hove's own figures, and how your distance compares each year.
- How many families in Brighton and Hove got their first choice, and how often appeals there succeed.
- The nearest state schools to your home, with Ofsted rating, demand and last distance offered where published.
- Key dates for September 2027 entry and how to apply.
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Demand in detail
Brighton and Hove published that the last place offered for 2027 entry went to a family 1107 metres away. The cut-off moves every year with the number of applications.
Across Brighton and Hove, 94% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Brighton and Hove lodged 46 appeals against primary school offers; 19 reached a hearing and none succeeded.
Last distance offered
| Entry year | Last place offered | Published by |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 1107 metres | Brighton and Hove |
Figures as each council published them, in the unit it used. The cut-off is not a boundary: it moves every year with the number of applications.
How hard the nearest schools are to get into
Councils in England let families name between three and six schools. A realistic back-up is a nearby school with spare places.
| School | Distance | Places | First choices per place | Last distance offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudyard Kipling Primary School & Nursery | 0.7 miles | 60 | 0.9 (2026) | 4994 metres (2027) |
| Bevendean Primary School and Nursery | 1 miles | 33 | 0.9 (2026) | - |
| City Academy Whitehawk | 1.4 miles | 40 | 0.9 (2026) | - |
| St Mark's CofE Primary School | 1.7 miles | 16 | 0.8 (2026) | - |
| Moulsecoomb Primary School | 1.7 miles | 16 | 1.0 (2026) | - |
Straight-line distance from Woodingdean Primary School. Below 1.0 means fewer first choices than places.
Who gets priority
Woodingdean Primary School is its own admission authority: the school (or its trust) sets its admissions policy and oversubscription criteria, and publishes them on its website. You still apply through Brighton and Hove.
In England, a child whose education, health and care plan names the school is admitted first. Then, when there are more applicants than places, looked-after and previously looked-after children come first, followed by the school's own criteria, which usually include siblings and distance from home.
How and when to apply
Primary school (Reception) applications for September 2027 close in 80 days, on Friday 15 January 2027. Apply through Brighton and Hove; offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Name the schools in your true order of preference: ranking a school first does not reduce your chances anywhere else. See Brighton and Hove admissions dates and figures.
Questions about getting into Woodingdean Primary School
How far away does Woodingdean Primary School offer places?
Brighton and Hove published that the last place offered for 2027 entry went to a family 1107 metres away. That is not a boundary: it moves every year with the number of applications and how many places go to siblings and other priority groups first.
What can I do if I don't get a place at Woodingdean Primary School?
Accept the offer you do get, so your child has a school, then ask to go on Woodingdean Primary School's waiting list and consider an appeal. In 2026, families in Brighton and Hove lodged 46 appeals against primary school offers; 19 reached a hearing and none succeeded. Waiting lists move over the summer as families accept other places or move away.