Appleton Academy: last distance offered & admissions history

In 2026-27, the last Year 7 place at Appleton Academy went to an applicant living 2.08 miles from the school. We hold 5 published distances for this school, across Year 7 and Reception entry.

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.

Appleton Academy by the numbers

In 2026-27, Appleton Academy received 50 applications for 24 places offered — around 2.1 per place offered. 19 named it as a first preference, or about 0.8 first choices per place offered.

Reception entry

Year	Last distance offered	Places	Applications	1st preferences
2027-28	—	30	—	—
2026-27	—	24 offered	50	19
2025-26	0.30 mi	29 offered	56	35
2024-25	—	30 offered	56	29
2023-24	—	39 offered	68	34
2022-23	—	47 offered	66	42
2021-22	—	45 offered	61	44
2020-21	—	54 offered	81	44
2019-20	—	60 offered	94	49
2018-19	—	52 offered	82	48
2017-18	—	39 offered	92	36
2016-17	—	60 offered	134	69
2015-16	—	60 offered	141	66
2014-15	—	59 offered	122	65

11 earlier years of Reception figures

Last distance offered, places, applications and first preferences for Reception entry, 2014-15 to 2024-25, where the council published them, are part of Pro.

Verified from official sources across all four UK nations — when a figure isn't confirmed, we show nothing, never a guess.

The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 (Reception) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Appleton Academy.

2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 (Reception) were the admissions rounds of its predecessor, Appleton Academy (URN 135865): every figure for those years is that school's.

Year 7 entry

Year	Last distance offered	Places	Applications	1st preferences
2027-28	—	180	—	—
2026-27	2.08 mi	163 offered	358	164
2025-26	2.40 mi	172 offered	362	159
2024-25	2.27 mi	173 offered	375	166
2023-24	—	198 offered	358	141
2022-23	6.49 mi	187 offered	374	147
2021-22	—	174 offered	324	123
2020-21	—	171 offered	329	138
2019-20	—	158 offered	370	146
2018-19	—	176 offered	402	156
2017-18	—	177 offered	458	163
2016-17	—	163 offered	436	140
2015-16	—	163 offered	395	154
2014-15	—	163 offered	423	137

12 earlier years of Year 7 figures, 2014-15 to 2025-26, are part of Pro.

The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Appleton Academy.

2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 (Year 7) were the admissions rounds of its predecessor, Appleton Academy (URN 135865): 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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