Distance to the nearest primary school, km, every council ranked

Measured in a straight line from where people live and averaged, to state primary and all through schools. The nearest school is not always the one a child gets a place at. Figures for October 2026, published for 361 councils in the UK. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Joint lowest: 19 councils, 0.3. The council in the middle: East Hertfordshire, 0.5. Highest: Na h-Eileanan Siar, 3.8.

Distance to the nearest primary school, km, every council it is published for, lowest first
Place	Council	Figure
1 joint	Tower HamletsLondon	0.3
1 joint	HackneyLondon	0.3
1 joint	IslingtonLondon	0.3
1 joint	SouthwarkLondon	0.3
1 joint	Hammersmith and FulhamLondon	0.3
1 joint	NewhamLondon	0.3
1 joint	LambethLondon	0.3
1 joint	WestminsterLondon	0.3
1 joint	CamdenLondon	0.3
1 joint	HaringeyLondon	0.3
1 joint	LewishamLondon	0.3
1 joint	Kensington and ChelseaLondon	0.3
1 joint	Barking and DagenhamLondon	0.3
1 joint	Waltham ForestLondon	0.3
1 joint	WandsworthLondon	0.3
1 joint	GreenwichLondon	0.3
1 joint	HarlowEast of England	0.3
1 joint	HyndburnNorth West	0.3
1 joint	OldhamNorth West	0.3
20 joint	PortsmouthSouth East	0.4
20 joint	Blackburn with DarwenNorth West	0.4
20 joint	BrentLondon	0.4
20 joint	City of LondonLondon	0.4
20 joint	BoltonNorth West	0.4
20 joint	MertonLondon	0.4
20 joint	TamesideNorth West	0.4
20 joint	WatfordEast of England	0.4
20 joint	BirminghamWest Midlands	0.4
20 joint	Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber	0.4
20 joint	LeicesterEast Midlands	0.4
20 joint	ManchesterNorth West	0.4
20 joint	MiddlesbroughNorth East	0.4
20 joint	PendleNorth West	0.4
20 joint	PrestonNorth West	0.4
20 joint	SandwellWest Midlands	0.4
20 joint	TamworthWest Midlands	0.4
20 joint	BristolSouth West	0.4
20 joint	EnfieldLondon	0.4
20 joint	LiverpoolNorth West	0.4
20 joint	RedbridgeLondon	0.4
20 joint	Richmond upon ThamesLondon	0.4
20 joint	BlackpoolNorth West	0.4
20 joint	BuryNorth West	0.4
20 joint	CroydonLondon	0.4
20 joint	EalingLondon	0.4
20 joint	HaltonNorth West	0.4
20 joint	LutonEast of England	0.4
20 joint	PlymouthSouth West	0.4
20 joint	ReadingSouth East	0.4
20 joint	SalfordNorth West	0.4
20 joint	WolverhamptonWest Midlands	0.4
20 joint	BarnetLondon	0.4
20 joint	BexleyLondon	0.4
20 joint	BroxbourneEast of England	0.4
20 joint	BurnleyNorth West	0.4
20 joint	CardiffWales	0.4
20 joint	CoventryWest Midlands	0.4
20 joint	DerbyEast Midlands	0.4
20 joint	HartlepoolNorth East	0.4
20 joint	HounslowLondon	0.4
20 joint	KnowsleyNorth West	0.4
20 joint	NottinghamEast Midlands	0.4
20 joint	RochdaleNorth West	0.4
20 joint	RushmoorSouth East	0.4
20 joint	South TynesideNorth East	0.4
20 joint	SouthamptonSouth East	0.4
20 joint	SwindonSouth West	0.4
20 joint	BradfordYorkshire and the Humber	0.4
20 joint	ExeterSouth West	0.4
20 joint	GatesheadNorth East	0.4
20 joint	GedlingEast Midlands	0.4
20 joint	GloucesterSouth West	0.4
20 joint	IpswichEast of England	0.4
20 joint	Newcastle upon TyneNorth East	0.4
20 joint	North TynesideNorth East	0.4
20 joint	NorwichEast of England	0.4
20 joint	OxfordSouth East	0.4
20 joint	StockportNorth West	0.4
20 joint	SunderlandNorth East	0.4
20 joint	TraffordNorth West	0.4
20 joint	WalsallWest Midlands	0.4
20 joint	BelfastNorthern Ireland	0.4
20 joint	Brighton and HoveSouth East	0.4
20 joint	DudleyWest Midlands	0.4
20 joint	GosportSouth East	0.4
20 joint	HarrowLondon	0.4
20 joint	MedwaySouth East	0.4
20 joint	North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber	0.4
20 joint	SuttonLondon	0.4
20 joint	WarringtonNorth West	0.4
20 joint	WirralNorth West	0.4
20 joint	AshfieldEast Midlands	0.4
20 joint	BroxtoweEast Midlands	0.4
20 joint	CrawleySouth East	0.4
20 joint	DacorumEast of England	0.4
20 joint	Kingston upon ThamesLondon	0.4
20 joint	LeedsYorkshire and the Humber	0.4
20 joint	PeterboroughEast of England	0.4
20 joint	Rhondda Cynon TafWales	0.4
20 joint	SloughSouth East	0.4
20 joint	StevenageEast of England	0.4
20 joint	Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands	0.4
103 joint	BasildonEast of England	0.5
103 joint	CaerphillyWales	0.5
103 joint	CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber	0.5
103 joint	ChesterfieldEast Midlands	0.5
103 joint	Glasgow CityScotland	0.5
103 joint	GraveshamSouth East	0.5
103 joint	HillingdonLondon	0.5
103 joint	KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber	0.5
103 joint	MansfieldEast Midlands	0.5
103 joint	Milton KeynesSouth East	0.5
103 joint	RossendaleNorth West	0.5
103 joint	RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber	0.5
103 joint	SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber	0.5
103 joint	St. HelensNorth West	0.5
103 joint	CambridgeEast of England	0.5
103 joint	ErewashEast Midlands	0.5
103 joint	LincolnEast Midlands	0.5
103 joint	Stockton-on-TeesNorth East	0.5
103 joint	YorkYorkshire and the Humber	0.5
103 joint	BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber	0.5
103 joint	Cannock ChaseWest Midlands	0.5
103 joint	CheltenhamSouth West	0.5
103 joint	ChorleyNorth West	0.5
103 joint	DartfordSouth East	0.5
103 joint	HaveringLondon	0.5
103 joint	LancasterNorth West	0.5
103 joint	Redcar and ClevelandNorth East	0.5
103 joint	WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber	0.5
103 joint	WiganNorth West	0.5
103 joint	BlabyEast Midlands	0.5
103 joint	North HertfordshireEast of England	0.5
103 joint	Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands	0.5
103 joint	Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands	0.5
103 joint	RedditchWest Midlands	0.5
103 joint	St AlbansEast of England	0.5
103 joint	ThurrockEast of England	0.5
103 joint	West LancashireNorth West	0.5
103 joint	Bracknell ForestSouth East	0.5
103 joint	BromleyLondon	0.5
103 joint	City of EdinburghScotland	0.5
103 joint	DarlingtonNorth East	0.5
103 joint	Merthyr TydfilWales	0.5
103 joint	SeftonNorth West	0.5
103 joint	South GloucestershireSouth West	0.5
103 joint	South RibbleNorth West	0.5
103 joint	Southend-on-SeaEast of England	0.5
103 joint	SwanseaWales	0.5
103 joint	Amber ValleyEast Midlands	0.5
103 joint	BridgendWales	0.5
103 joint	High PeakEast Midlands	0.5
103 joint	Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands	0.5
103 joint	SolihullWest Midlands	0.5
103 joint	TorbaySouth West	0.5
103 joint	Welwyn HatfieldEast of England	0.5
103 joint	Castle PointEast of England	0.5
103 joint	CharnwoodEast Midlands	0.5
103 joint	DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber	0.5
103 joint	EastbourneSouth East	0.5
103 joint	HastingsSouth East	0.5
103 joint	NewportWales	0.5
103 joint	Three RiversEast of England	0.5
103 joint	WorcesterWest Midlands	0.5
103 joint	BolsoverEast Midlands	0.5
103 joint	ColchesterEast of England	0.5
103 joint	Dundee CityScotland	0.5
103 joint	HertsmereEast of England	0.5
103 joint	Telford and WrekinWest Midlands	0.5
103 joint	TorfaenWales	0.5
103 joint	WokingSouth East	0.5
103 joint	WrexhamWales	0.5
103 joint	AdurSouth East	0.5
103 joint	Bath and North East SomersetSouth West	0.5
103 joint	ChelmsfordEast of England	0.5
103 joint	DoverSouth East	0.5
103 joint	FarehamSouth East	0.5
103 joint	ThanetSouth East	0.5
103 joint	Tonbridge and MallingSouth East	0.5
103 joint	WarwickWest Midlands	0.5
103 joint	East HertfordshireEast of England	0.5
103 joint	North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands	0.5
103 joint	North West LeicestershireEast Midlands	0.5
103 joint	West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands	0.5
103 joint	WorthingSouth East	0.5
186 joint	Aberdeen CityScotland	0.6
186 joint	BedfordEast of England	0.6
186 joint	East StaffordshireWest Midlands	0.6
186 joint	Epsom and EwellSouth East	0.6
186 joint	North East DerbyshireEast Midlands	0.6
186 joint	North LanarkshireScotland	0.6
186 joint	SpelthorneSouth East	0.6
186 joint	Central BedfordshireEast of England	0.6
186 joint	Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West	0.6
186 joint	East DunbartonshireScotland	0.6
186 joint	EastleighSouth East	0.6
186 joint	Great YarmouthEast of England	0.6
186 joint	LichfieldWest Midlands	0.6
186 joint	RunnymedeSouth East	0.6
186 joint	StroudSouth West	0.6
186 joint	SwaleSouth East	0.6
186 joint	West LothianScotland	0.6
186 joint	Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East	0.6
186 joint	WyreNorth West	0.6
186 joint	County DurhamNorth East	0.6
186 joint	FlintshireWales	0.6
186 joint	Neath Port TalbotWales	0.6
186 joint	North SomersetSouth West	0.6
186 joint	RenfrewshireScotland	0.6
186 joint	Vale of GlamorganWales	0.6
186 joint	FalkirkScotland	0.6
186 joint	MaidstoneSouth East	0.6
186 joint	West DunbartonshireScotland	0.6
186 joint	Blaenau GwentWales	0.6
186 joint	Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West	0.6
186 joint	ElmbridgeSouth East	0.6
186 joint	FyldeNorth West	0.6
186 joint	HavantSouth East	0.6
186 joint	South DerbyshireEast Midlands	0.6
186 joint	WokinghamSouth East	0.6
186 joint	BassetlawEast Midlands	0.6
186 joint	Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands	0.6
186 joint	Mid SussexSouth East	0.6
186 joint	North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber	0.6
186 joint	Reigate and BansteadSouth East	0.6
186 joint	Tunbridge WellsSouth East	0.6
186 joint	Wyre ForestWest Midlands	0.6
186 joint	MidlothianScotland	0.6
186 joint	RochfordEast of England	0.6
186 joint	RushcliffeEast Midlands	0.6
186 joint	West OxfordshireSouth East	0.6
186 joint	Cheshire EastNorth West	0.6
186 joint	ClackmannanshireScotland	0.6
186 joint	FenlandEast of England	0.6
186 joint	InverclydeScotland	0.6
186 joint	South LanarkshireScotland	0.6
186 joint	South StaffordshireWest Midlands	0.6
186 joint	West BerkshireSouth East	0.6
186 joint	BuckinghamshireSouth East	0.6
186 joint	FifeScotland	0.6
186 joint	RugbyWest Midlands	0.6
186 joint	Vale of White HorseSouth East	0.6
243 joint	BrentwoodEast of England	0.7
243 joint	Surrey HeathSouth East	0.7
243 joint	TendringEast of England	0.7
243 joint	ArunSouth East	0.7
243 joint	BromsgroveWest Midlands	0.7
243 joint	Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands	0.7
243 joint	East RenfrewshireScotland	0.7
243 joint	South OxfordshireSouth East	0.7
243 joint	BraintreeEast of England	0.7
243 joint	CherwellSouth East	0.7
243 joint	CumberlandNorth West	0.7
243 joint	Epping ForestEast of England	0.7
243 joint	LewesSouth East	0.7
243 joint	North WarwickshireWest Midlands	0.7
243 joint	TewkesburySouth West	0.7
243 joint	Folkestone and HytheSouth East	0.7
243 joint	HuntingdonshireEast of England	0.7
243 joint	CanterburySouth East	0.7
243 joint	ConwyWales	0.7
243 joint	HorshamSouth East	0.7
243 joint	SevenoaksSouth East	0.7
243 joint	StaffordWest Midlands	0.7
243 joint	TeignbridgeSouth West	0.7
243 joint	Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East	0.7
243 joint	BroadlandEast of England	0.7
243 joint	East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber	0.7
243 joint	HartSouth East	0.7
243 joint	Isle of WightSouth East	0.7
243 joint	Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands	0.7
243 joint	DenbighshireWales	0.7
243 joint	GuildfordSouth East	0.7
243 joint	Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands	0.7
243 joint	North AyrshireScotland	0.7
243 joint	Ribble ValleyNorth West	0.7
243 joint	South CambridgeshireEast of England	0.7
243 joint	South KestevenEast Midlands	0.7
243 joint	WiltshireSouth West	0.7
243 joint	AshfordSouth East	0.7
243 joint	MeltonEast Midlands	0.7
243 joint	North KestevenEast Midlands	0.7
243 joint	SomersetSouth West	0.7
284 joint	CornwallSouth West	0.8
284 joint	Forest of DeanSouth West	0.8
284 joint	Antrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland	0.8
284 joint	New ForestSouth East	0.8
284 joint	TandridgeSouth East	0.8
284 joint	WaverleySouth East	0.8
284 joint	WinchesterSouth East	0.8
284 joint	Ards and North DownNorthern Ireland	0.8
284 joint	East AyrshireScotland	0.8
284 joint	East DevonSouth West	0.8
284 joint	BostonEast Midlands	0.8
284 joint	HarboroughEast Midlands	0.8
284 joint	North DevonSouth West	0.8
284 joint	Test ValleySouth East	0.8
284 joint	Westmorland and FurnessNorth West	0.8
284 joint	WychavonWest Midlands	0.8
284 joint	East SuffolkEast of England	0.8
284 joint	South AyrshireScotland	0.8
284 joint	South NorfolkEast of England	0.8
284 joint	South HollandEast Midlands	0.8
284 joint	UttlesfordEast of England	0.8
284 joint	BaberghEast of England	0.8
284 joint	East HampshireSouth East	0.8
284 joint	NorthumberlandNorth East	0.8
308 joint	ChichesterSouth East	0.9
308 joint	East CambridgeshireEast of England	0.9
308 joint	East LothianScotland	0.9
308 joint	Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands	0.9
308 joint	Isle of AngleseyWales	0.9
308 joint	Lisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland	0.9
308 joint	MaldonEast of England	0.9
308 joint	North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber	0.9
308 joint	RotherSouth East	0.9
308 joint	WealdenSouth East	0.9
308 joint	BrecklandEast of England	0.9
308 joint	GwyneddWales	0.9
308 joint	Mole ValleySouth East	0.9
308 joint	ShropshireWest Midlands	0.9
308 joint	King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England	0.9
308 joint	Mid DevonSouth West	0.9
308 joint	South HamsSouth West	0.9
308 joint	West LindseyEast Midlands	0.9
326 joint	West SuffolkEast of England	1.0
326 joint	Derry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland	1.0
326 joint	DorsetSouth West	1.0
326 joint	CarmarthenshireWales	1.0
326 joint	StirlingScotland	1.0
326 joint	Armagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland	1.0
326 joint	Malvern HillsWest Midlands	1.0
326 joint	AngusScotland	1.0
326 joint	RutlandEast Midlands	1.0
335 joint	Mid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland	1.1
335 joint	Mid SuffolkEast of England	1.1
335 joint	West DevonSouth West	1.1
335 joint	CotswoldSouth West	1.1
335 joint	MonmouthshireWales	1.1
335 joint	AberdeenshireScotland	1.1
335 joint	East LindseyEast Midlands	1.1
335 joint	PembrokeshireWales	1.1
335 joint	TorridgeSouth West	1.1
344 joint	MorayScotland	1.2
344 joint	HerefordshireWest Midlands	1.2
344 joint	Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland	1.2
344 joint	North NorfolkEast of England	1.2
348 joint	Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland	1.3
348 joint	Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland	1.3
350	Perth and KinrossScotland	1.4
351 joint	PowysWales	1.6
351 joint	Scottish BordersScotland	1.6
351 joint	CeredigionWales	1.6
354	Dumfries and GallowayScotland	1.7
355	Orkney IslandsScotland	1.9
356 joint	Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland	2.1
356 joint	Argyll and ButeScotland	2.1
358	Shetland IslandsScotland	2.2
359 joint	Isles of ScillySouth West	2.4
359 joint	HighlandScotland	2.4
361	Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland	3.8

Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, daily extract, 16 October 2026; Welsh Government, address list of schools, maintained schools, April 2026; Scottish Government, school contact details, schools open on 31 July 2026; Department of Education (Northern Ireland), school census 2025/26, school level data for primary and post primary schools; Department of Education (Northern Ireland), Locate a School, location of schools, read at every census area · October 2026 · fetched 22 October 2026 · How this is measured

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