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In 2024-25, the last place at The Bishop of Winchester Academy went to an applicant living 1.06 miles from the school. The Bishop of Winchester Academy has a religious character and we don't hold its admission arrangements, so we can't tell whether faith comes before distance. We hold 2 years of published distances for this school.
We do not compare these years: we do not hold the criterion the last place went under for every one of them, or it differs between them, so the distances may not be like for like.
In 2026-27, The Bishop of Winchester Academy received 477 applications for 149 places offered — around 3.2 per place offered. 82 named it as a first preference, or about 0.6 first choices per place offered.
The Bishop of Winchester Academy has 2 upcoming open events: tour on Wednesday, 21 October 2026 · tour on Friday, 23 October 2026. Seeing the school in person is the best way to judge whether the cut-off numbers above should worry you.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | — | 149 offered | 477 | 82 |
| 2025-26 | — | 210 | 527 | 148 |
| 2024-25 | 1.06 mi | 207 offered | 589 | 178 |
| 2023-24 | 1.16 mi | 210 | 618 | 194 |
| 2022-23 | — | 205 offered | 684 | 178 |
| 2021-22 | — | 206 offered | 660 | 152 |
| 2020-21 | — | 207 offered | 717 | 229 |
| 2019-20 | — | 208 offered | 753 | 208 |
| 2018-19 | — | 210 offered | 625 | 163 |
| 2017-18 | — | 211 offered | 700 | 203 |
| 2016-17 | — | 211 offered | 638 | 183 |
| 2015-16 | — | 207 offered | 644 | 229 |
| 2014-15 | — | 205 offered | 591 | 229 |
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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