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:

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

Total number of on-time applications:

1101

1059

1002

898

847

Published Admissions Number

150

150

150

150

150

Total number of places offered on March 1st:

165

165

165

165

150

Offers to students with an EHCP

6

8

6

8

2

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

1

1

2

1

3

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

2

0

0

1

1

Offers for founders’ children (criterion 3)

0

0

0

0

0

Offers for siblings (criterion 4)

52

51

42

45

41

Offers for children of staff (criterion 5)

0

1

3

1

1

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

21

21

22

22

20

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

83

83

90

87

82

Number of incoming Year 7 appeals heard

 

14

13

4

2

Number of incoming Year 7 appeals that were successful

 

1

0

0

2

Furthest distance from home to school offered under criterion 6a on March 1st (and by first week of September)*

670m   

715m     (783m)

636m    (698m)

849m (1233m)

1019m (1019m)

Furthest distance from home to the nodal admissions point offered under criteria 6b on March 1st (and by first week of September)*

2114m   

2293m   (2929m)

2285m   (2469m)

2633m (3829m)

2245m (3088m)

Was there a waiting list?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

*Figures in brackets give the corresponding cut-off distances by the first week of September. 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.