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In 2025-26, the last place at Dixons Cottingley Academy went to an applicant living 5.02 miles from the school. We hold 1 year of published distances for this school.
In 2026-27, Dixons Cottingley Academy received 391 applications for 172 places offered — around 2.3 per place offered. 90 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 | — | 180 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | — | 172 offered | 391 | 90 |
| 2025-26 | 5.02 mi | 180 offered | 429 | 103 |
| 2024-25 | — | 173 offered | 373 | 79 |
| 2023-24 | — | 178 offered | 385 | 70 |
| 2022-23 | — | 178 offered | 342 | 77 |
| 2021-22 | — | 176 offered | 312 | 55 |
| 2020-21 | — | 170 offered | 320 | 52 |
| 2019-20 | — | 175 offered | 245 | 43 |
| 2018-19 | — | 168 offered | 204 | 36 |
| 2017-18 | — | 175 offered | 256 | 44 |
| 2016-17 | — | 188 offered | 316 | 51 |
| 2015-16 | — | 199 offered | 312 | 46 |
| 2014-15 | — | 178 offered | 328 | 51 |
The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, The Samuel Lister Academy.
2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 (Year 7) were the admissions rounds of its predecessor, The Samuel Lister Academy (URN 137576): 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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