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In 2026-27, the last place at Outwood Academy Shafton went to an applicant living 2.11 miles from the school. We hold 1 year of published distances for this school.
In 2026-27, Outwood Academy Shafton received 364 applications for 261 places offered — around 1.4 per place offered. 281 named it as a first preference, or about 1.1 first choices per place offered.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 270 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | 2.11 mi | 261 offered | 364 | 281 |
| 2025-26 | — | 260 offered | 357 | 273 |
| 2024-25 | — | 263 offered | 379 | 292 |
| 2023-24 | — | 293 offered | 392 | 315 |
| 2022-23 | — | 297 offered | 347 | 296 |
| 2021-22 | — | 267 offered | 353 | 291 |
| 2020-21 | — | 273 offered | 316 | 268 |
| 2019-20 | — | 248 offered | 287 | 241 |
| 2018-19 | — | 250 offered | 299 | 241 |
| 2017-18 | — | 241 offered | 290 | 235 |
| 2016-17 | — | 228 offered | 274 | 221 |
| 2015-16 | — | 178 offered | 218 | 172 |
| 2014-15 | — | 211 offered | 275 | 206 |
The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15 and 2015-16 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Shafton Advanced Learning Centre, before it converted.
2014-15 and 2015-16 (Year 7) were the admissions rounds of its predecessor, Shafton Advanced Learning Centre (URN 136371): every figure for those years is that school's.
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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