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In 2024-25, the last place at St James' Catholic High School went to an applicant living 1.19 miles from the school. St James' Catholic High School ranks faith before distance, so this distance describes children who meet its faith priorities; a family with no faith priority comes after them. We hold 1 year of published distances for this school.
In 2026-27, St James' Catholic High School received 456 applications for 210 places — around 2.2 per place. 135 named it as a first preference, or about 0.6 first choices per place.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 210 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | — | 210 | 456 | 135 |
| 2025-26 | — | 210 | 424 | 93 |
| 2024-25 | 1.19 mi | 210 | 475 | 142 |
| 2023-24 | — | 240 | 478 | 144 |
| 2022-23 | — | 240 offered | 490 | 137 |
| 2021-22 | — | 240 offered | 523 | 172 |
| 2020-21 | — | 233 offered | 544 | 148 |
| 2019-20 | — | 239 offered | 570 | 184 |
| 2018-19 | — | 206 offered | 535 | 183 |
| 2017-18 | — | 208 offered | 572 | 211 |
| 2016-17 | — | 174 offered | 554 | 211 |
| 2015-16 | — | 176 offered | 519 | 188 |
| 2014-15 | — | 176 offered | 464 | 172 |
How to read this: the last distance offered is an outcome of each admission round — how far from the school the final offer reached after places were allocated under the published criteria. It is not a catchment boundary and it moves every year with sibling numbers, birth-year cohort size and application patterns.
Figures come from the local authority's published allocation data. Some councils publish the National Offer Day figure, which can understate the final September position after waiting-list movement — always confirm with the admissions authority before relying on a single year.
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