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What a tight school catchment costs

Two official figures, put side by side for the first time. A council publishes how far away the last child admitted to each oversubscribed school lived. The Land Registry publishes what homes sell for in every postcode district. For 3,478 schools across 85 councils, this page prices the districts within reach of each school's distance, and finds the tight gates a family can still afford.

£350,000median district price within reach, schools admitting from under half a mile
£325,000median district price within reach, schools admitting from half a mile to a mile
£278,000the middle district, nationally
207of 578 tight gates priced below the national middle

Distance against price

Schools grouped by how far they admitted from, and the median price of the districts within reach of each group. Within reach means a district whose centre falls inside the school's distance, or the district the school stands in when the distance is smaller than that.

Admitted fromSchoolsMedian district price within reach
Under half a mile578£350,000
Half a mile to a mile858£325,000
1 to 2 miles851£320,000
2 to 5 miles807£343,000
5 miles and over384£341,000

Tight gates you can still afford

Schools that admitted from under half a mile, where the cheapest district within reach sells below the national middle district. The thirty cheapest of 207; the district link opens its area guide.

School Council Admitted from Cheapest district in reach Median price
Warley Road Primary Academy Halifax Calderdale 0.42 mi HX1 Calderdale £65,000
Ayresome Primary School Middlesbrough 0.04 mi TS1 Middlesbrough £70,000
Breckon Hill Primary School Middlesbrough 0.19 mi TS1 Middlesbrough £70,000
Newport Primary School Middlesbrough 0.31 mi TS1 Middlesbrough £70,000
Sacred Heart Primary School Middlesbrough 0.1 mi TS18 Stockton-on-Tees £72,500
Becket Primary School Derby 0.31 mi DE1 Derbyshire £72,602
Ashgate Primary School Derby 0.39 mi DE1 Derbyshire £72,602
Hackwood Primary Academy Derby 0.44 mi DE1 Derbyshire £72,602
Thorntree Academy Middlesbrough 0.41 mi TS3 Middlesbrough £92,500
Lawns Park Primary School Leeds 0.28 mi BD7 Bradford £95,000
St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary School Portsmouth 0.24 mi PO1 Portsmouth £98,000
Moorings Way Infant School Southsea Portsmouth 0.36 mi PO1 Portsmouth £98,000
St Lawrence's Catholic Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne 0.24 mi NE6 Newcastle upon Tyne £99,000
Christ Church Primary School Burton-on-Trent Staffordshire 0.47 mi DE14 East Staffordshire £104,000
Leigh Central Primary School Wigan 0.38 mi WN7 Wigan £105,000
Lower Wortley Primary School Leeds 0.41 mi BD5 Bradford £113,000
Park End Primary School Middlesbrough 0.46 mi TS4 Middlesbrough £115,000
Castleside Primary School Consett County Durham 0.48 mi SR7 County Durham £115,000
Brambles Primary Academy Middlesbrough 0.15 mi TS6 Redcar and Cleveland £119,500
Corpus Christi RC Primary School Middlesbrough 0.18 mi TS6 Redcar and Cleveland £119,500
Lift Caldicotes Middlesbrough 0.3 mi TS6 Redcar and Cleveland £119,500
St Brigid's Catholic Primary School Liverpool Knowsley 0.34 mi L28 Knowsley £120,000
Castle Hill Primary School Bolton 0.26 mi BL1 Bolton £125,000
Framwellgate Moor Primary School Durham County Durham 0.45 mi DH97 County Durham £125,000
Pikemere School Alsager Cheshire East 0.21 mi CW1 Cheshire East £126,500
Highfields Primary School Leicester 0.49 mi LE1 Leicester £127,000
Sparkenhoe Community Primary School Leicester 0.38 mi LE87 Leicester £130,000
Evington Valley Primary School Leicester 0.39 mi LE87 Leicester £130,000
Holy Spirit Catholic Primary Academy Heckmondwike Kirklees 0.25 mi WF16 Kirklees £135,000
Field Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School Batley Kirklees 0.27 mi WF16 Kirklees £135,000

Where the tightest gates cost most

Schools admitting from under half a mile, ranked by the median price of the districts within reach.

School Council Admitted from Median price within reach
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School London Kensington and Chelsea 0.39 mi £3,289,000
Christ Church Bentinck CofE Primary School London Westminster 0.49 mi £1,750,000
Christ Church CofE Primary School London Kensington and Chelsea 0.44 mi £1,630,000
Southfield Primary School London Ealing 0.26 mi £1,550,000
Brockswood Primary School Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire 0.31 mi £1,240,000
Holtsmere End Junior School Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire 0.41 mi £1,240,000
Bousfield Primary School London Kensington and Chelsea 0.34 mi £994,000
Kensington Primary Academy London Kensington and Chelsea 0.34 mi £890,000
Four Swannes Primary School Waltham Cross Hertfordshire 0.48 mi £875,000
St Luke's Park Primary School Wickford Essex 0.19 mi £870,000
St Bernard's Catholic Primary School BRISTOL Bristol, City of 0.49 mi £843,500
Royal Wharf Primary School London Newham 0.2 mi £840,000
St Aidan's Voluntary Controlled Primary School London Haringey 0.25 mi £840,000
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School London Islington 0.32 mi £840,000
Seven Mills Primary School London Tower Hamlets 0.39 mi £840,000
Coleridge Primary School London Haringey 0.47 mi £840,000
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School London Lambeth 0.38 mi £832,500
Heber Primary School London Southwark 0.23 mi £822,000
Brindishe Manor School London Lewisham 0.43 mi £822,000
Alexandra Primary School Kingston upon Thames 0.32 mi £820,000

85 councils compared

The median price within reach of each council's oversubscribed schools, dearest first, and what its tightest gate costs. Click a heading to re-sort.

Council Schools priced Median price within reach Tightest school Its price within reach
Kensington and Chelsea 12 £994,000 Thomas Jones Primary School 0.15 mi £535,000
Westminster 6 £850,000 St James & St John Church of England Primary School 0.14 mi £690,000
Camden 5 £840,000 Acland Burghley School 0.93 mi £570,000
Southwark 3 £768,000 Crampton Primary 0.22 mi £400,000
Islington 26 £750,000 St John's Highbury Vale CofE Primary School 0.09 mi £750,000
Richmond upon Thames 9 £745,000 Barnes Primary School 0.25 mi £745,000
Merton 9 £730,000 Lonesome Primary School 0.25 mi £730,000
Hackney 31 £625,000 Betty Layward Primary School 0.23 mi £750,000
Brighton and Hove 10 £617,000 Carlton Hill Primary School 0.35 mi £515,000
Wandsworth 19 £600,000 Sheringdale Primary School 0.19 mi £600,000
Harrow 15 £570,000 Krishna Avanti Primary School 0.32 mi £460,000
Tower Hamlets 14 £537,050 Kobi Nazrul Primary School 0.2 mi £580,000
Bromley 48 £535,000 Clare House Primary School 0.33 mi £460,000
Brent 49 £535,000 Harlesden Primary School 0.75 mi £386,000
Haringey 35 £530,000 Belmont Infant School 0.22 mi £530,000
Lambeth 11 £510,550 Streatham Wells Primary 0.24 mi £768,000
Surrey 151 £500,000 Farncombe Church of England Infant School 0.2 mi £565,000
Ealing 13 £500,000 Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.24 mi £660,000
Waltham Forest 25 £499,000 Greenleaf Primary School 0.24 mi £550,000
Lewisham 18 £485,000 Horniman Primary School 0.29 mi £470,000
Kingston upon Thames 3 £485,000 Alexandra Primary School 0.32 mi £820,000
Greenwich 49 £480,000 Greenslade Primary School 0.18 mi £480,000
Hillingdon 21 £480,000 Pinkwell Primary School 0.49 mi £295,000
Windsor and Maidenhead 45 £468,230 St Luke's CofE Primary School 0.32 mi £468,230
Newham 28 £465,000 Royal Wharf Primary School 0.2 mi £840,000
Buckinghamshire 60 £461,500 Chalfont St Giles Junior School 0.05 mi £380,000
Havering 25 £460,000 Nelmes Primary School 0.31 mi £450,000
Wokingham 23 £450,000 Alder Grove Church of England Primary School 0.29 mi £360,000
Bracknell Forest 4 £446,400 Great Hollands Primary School 0.27 mi £404,000
Hounslow 11 £435,000 Spring Grove Primary School 0.32 mi £430,000
Hertfordshire 313 £425,000 Ashfield Junior School 0.07 mi £680,000
Sutton 12 £420,000 Manor Park Primary Academy 0.29 mi £300,000
North Somerset 8 £420,000 All Saints Church of England Primary School 0.43 mi £330,000
Bexley 5 £420,000 Haberdashers' Crayford Academy 1.64 mi £390,000
Oxfordshire 70 £407,500 St Edburg's Church of England (VA) School 0.2 mi £327,500
Essex 188 £367,500 St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School 0.1 mi £600,000
West Sussex 87 £365,000 St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School 0.11 mi £302,179
Reading 13 £365,000 Oxford Road Community School 0.14 mi £255,000
Central Bedfordshire 40 £360,000 Gravenhurst Academy 0.24 mi £325,000
Bristol, City of 46 £350,000 Hannah More Primary School 0.28 mi £225,000
East Sussex 34 £345,000 Park Mead Primary School 0.26 mi £325,000
Milton Keynes 19 £345,000 Newton Leys Primary School 0.36 mi £660,000
Gloucestershire 146 £337,500 Charlton Kings Junior School 0.29 mi £565,000
Southend-on-Sea 7 £335,000 Chalkwell Hall Junior School 0.17 mi £260,000
Dorset 34 £330,000 St Mary's Catholic First School, Dorchester 0.39 mi £290,000
Cambridgeshire 57 £320,000 Middlefield Primary Academy 0.22 mi £583,500
Manchester 7 £320,000 Co-op Academy Belle Vue 0.85 mi £285,000
Solihull 30 £315,000 Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James 0.28 mi £248,000
Stockport 76 £315,000 All Saints Church of England Primary School Marple 0.38 mi £300,000
West Northamptonshire 28 £310,000 Monksmoor Park Church of England Primary School 0.21 mi £267,000
Bedford 12 £295,000 Priory Primary School 0.22 mi £175,000
Worcestershire 55 £280,000 Beaconside Primary and Nursery School 0.29 mi £235,000
Warwickshire 204 £270,000 St Nicolas CofE Academy 0.19 mi £270,000
Somerset 39 £270,000 Stoke St Michael Primary School 0.25 mi £552,500
North Yorkshire 49 £264,000 Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School 0.61 mi £352,266
Suffolk 42 £260,000 Grace Cook Primary School 0.17 mi £417,000
Leeds 66 £255,000 St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Beeston 0.17 mi £140,000
Cheshire East 114 £240,000 Pebble Brook Primary School 0.02 mi £233,000
Dudley 26 £240,000 Blowers Green Primary School 0.22 mi £210,000
Portsmouth 22 £240,000 St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary School 0.24 mi £98,000
Peterborough 17 £230,000 Hampton Lakes Primary School 0.43 mi £265,000
Sheffield 34 £225,000 Netherthorpe Primary School 0.22 mi £177,000
Leicester 22 £225,000 Knighton Mead Primary Academy 0.24 mi £399,950
Derby 67 £222,500 Becket Primary School 0.31 mi £72,602
Birmingham 52 £222,000 Cromwell Junior and Infant School 0.14 mi £198,000
Staffordshire 71 £222,000 Ridgeway Primary Academy 0.16 mi £150,000
Salford 22 £215,000 James Brindley Community Primary School 0.17 mi £318,000
Sandwell 47 £215,000 Crocketts Community Primary School 0.28 mi £174,000
Sefton 23 £215,000 Litherland High School 0.44 mi £143,100
Walsall 25 £210,000 New Invention Learning Academy 0.06 mi £200,000
Cheshire West and Chester 31 £210,000 Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School 0.17 mi £150,000
Bury 30 £209,000 Chantlers Primary School 0.36 mi £140,000
Coventry 34 £205,000 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 0.25 mi £140,000
Kirklees 118 £199,496 Carlton Junior and Infant School 0.13 mi £139,000
Wirral 19 £191,000 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Upton 0.12 mi £191,000
Oldham 19 £185,000 Corpus Christi RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.08 mi £150,000
Tameside 22 £185,000 Godley Community Primary Academy 0.33 mi £215,000
Newcastle upon Tyne 20 £177,000 Our Lady and St Anne's Catholic Primary School 0.14 mi £140,000
Wigan 36 £172,750 Our Lady's RC Primary School Wigan 0.18 mi £205,000
Calderdale 12 £169,000 Bolton Brow Primary Academy 0.35 mi £169,000
Knowsley 16 £150,000 Park Brow Community Primary School 0.21 mi £140,000
Bolton 41 £148,000 Heathfield Primary School 0.22 mi £148,000
Middlesbrough 44 £119,500 Ayresome Primary School 0.04 mi £70,000
County Durham 26 £115,000 Framwellgate Moor Primary School 0.45 mi £125,000
Hartlepool 3 £86,999 High Tunstall College of Science 1.2 mi £86,999

How this is worked out, and what it cannot tell you

Distances are the ones each council published after offer day, for the last child admitted under the distance criterion; their sources are named on each council's page. Prices are the median of the last twelve months of Land Registry sales in each postcode district, the same figures as the area guides, and only districts with enough sales to give a fair median are used. A district counts as within reach when its centre falls inside the school's distance. When a distance is shorter than the gap to any district centre, the district the school stands in is used instead.

A district median is not the price of a house near the gate: a district can be a mile across, and the streets closest to a popular school usually sell above its median. The distance moves every year. And only oversubscribed schools carry a figure, so a school missing from these tables had room for everyone who applied. How admissions actually work covers the rest; every school's own page has a postcode checker and its priced districts.