Admissions & Appeals Data

The table shows how Year 7 places were offered on National Offer Day (1st March) for September entry in the current and previous 4 years. It also shows the number of appeals, and success rates:

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

Total number of applications:

1059

1002

898

847

794

Published Admissions Number

150

150

150

150

150

Total number of places offered on March 1st:

165

165

165

150

150

Offers to students with an EHCP

8

6

8

2

1

Offers for looked-after and previously looked-after children (criterion 1):

1

2

1

3

1

Offers for family, social, medical reasons (criterion 2)

0

0

1

1

1

Offers for founders’ children (criterion 3)

0

0

0

0

0

Offers for siblings (criterion 4)

51

42

45

41

29

Offers for children of staff (criterion 5)

1

3

1

1

0

Offers based on distance from home to the school entrance (criterion 6a)

21

22

22

20

24

Offers based on distance from home to the nodal admission point (criterion 6b)

83

90

87

82

94

Number of appeals heard

TBC

13

4

2

1

Number of successful appeals

TBC

0

0

2

0

Furthest distance from home to school offered under criterion 6a on March 1st (and Aug 31st)*

715m     

636m    (698m)

849m (1233m)

1019m (1019m)

1476m (1556m)

Furthest distance from home to the nodal admissions point offered under criteria 6b on March 1st (and Aug 31st)*

2293m   

2285m   (2469m)

2633m (3829m)

2245m (3088m)

2849m (4614m)

Was there a waiting list?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

*Figures in brackets give the corresponding cut-off distances by 31st August. Due to waiting list movement, cut-off distances for all schools usually increase between National Offer Day in March and the start of the school year in September.