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In every published year (2023-24–2026-27), Fortis Academy offered all applicants a place on national offer day — no distance cut-off applied. Past rounds don't guarantee a place, but on this record every applicant received an offer.
In 2026-27, Fortis Academy received 619 applications for 149 places offered — around 4.2 per place offered. 80 named it as a first preference, or about 0.5 first choices per place offered.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 280 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | All offered | 149 offered | 619 | 80 |
| 2025-26 | All offered | 143 offered | 570 | 64 |
| 2024-25 | All offered | 207 offered | 490 | 49 |
| 2023-24 | All offered | 167 offered | 475 | 63 |
| 2022-23 | — | 263 offered | 482 | 54 |
| 2021-22 | — | 160 offered | 670 | 55 |
| 2020-21 | — | 190 offered | 896 | 77 |
| 2019-20 | — | 300 offered | 934 | 75 |
| 2018-19 | — | 301 offered | 949 | 100 |
| 2017-18 | — | 365 offered | 875 | 87 |
| 2016-17 | — | 402 offered | 785 | 93 |
| 2015-16 | — | 330 offered | 711 | 101 |
| 2014-15 | — | 376 offered | 755 | 98 |
The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Great Barr School, before it converted.
2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 (Year 7) were the admissions rounds of its predecessor, Great Barr School (URN 103550): 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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