Contested schools in Westminster

These are the Westminster schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.

Appeal success rates for Westminster

Secondary schools (4)

Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.

Contested secondary schools in Westminster, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
The St Marylebone CofE School	160	376	2.35
The Grey Coat Hospital	169	333	1.97
Paddington Academy	174	296	1.70
St George's Catholic School	175	166	0.95

Primary schools (12)

Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.

Contested primary schools in Westminster, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
Hampden Gurney CofE Primary School	29	57	1.97
St Joseph's RC Primary School	42	52	1.24
St Mary's Bryanston Square CofE School	30	37	1.23
Pimlico Primary	30	34	1.13
St Saviour's CofE Primary School	30	34	1.13
St Clement Danes CofE Primary School	30	32	1.07
Edward Wilson Primary School	30	29	0.97
Ark Atwood Primary Academy	58	50	0.86
Hallfield Primary School	30	24	0.80
St Peter's CofE School	29	22	0.76
St James & St John Church of England Primary School	25	16	—
St George's Hanover Square CofE Primary School	12	7	—

Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.