Which schools is your address actually in catchment for?
Enter a postcode. We'll show every primary and secondary nearby, their distance, current pupil numbers, and a link to your council's official catchment map - in about three seconds.
School admissions is stressful enough. Finding the data shouldn't be.
Every council does catchment slightly differently. We pull the same source data they use - then make it easier to read.
Search by your postcode.
Just type where you live (or hope to move to). We'll geocode it against the latest Ordnance Survey data and find every nearby school within reasonable travel distance.
Try the postcode searchCompare the schools side by side.
See capacity, current roll, age range, religious character, sixth form provision, and how oversubscribed each school was last cycle. Welsh and English schools both supported.
See an example: CardiffGo straight to the council's policy.
One click takes you to the official admissions document for your local authority - boundary map, oversubscription tiebreakers, application deadlines, the lot. No more PDF hunting.
What's in an admissions policy?Or pick your council directly.
The bits of the admissions process nobody actually explains.
How catchment areas actually work in 2026.
Catchment isn't a guarantee - it's a tiebreaker. We walk through how schools rank applications when oversubscribed, what "as the crow flies" really means, and why your nearest school isn't always the one you'll get.
Read the guide →Applying to primary school: the deadline calendar.
Reception applications, in-year transfers, and what to do if you've moved house after the deadline. Plus appeals.
Read →Year 6 to Year 7: what changes, what doesn't.
Why secondary catchments are bigger than primary, how feeder schools work, and a sober look at "tutor proofing".
Read →Reviewed by people who've sat in admissions appeals.
Our editorial team includes former admissions officers and education journalists. Every guide is reviewed before each admissions cycle and updated when DfE policy changes - usually twice a year.
We aren't paid by councils or schools, and no listing can be promoted or improved by payment. The site exists because school admissions data is freely published but practically unreadable, and your kid deserves better than a 47-page PDF on a borough website. We do link to TheTutorLink, a tutoring platform, on some pages - those links are always clearly marked, and they don't influence what we write about any school or council.
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