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In 2026-27, the last place at The Highcrest Academy went to an applicant living 1.07 miles from the school. The last place went under “Band A - All applicants offered. Band B - All applicants offered under rule 2 (Siblings), and some…”, a priority group, so this distance applies only to that group, not to every family. We hold 4 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 Highcrest Academy received 463 applications for 172 places offered — around 2.7 per place offered. 187 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 | — | 180 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | 1.07 mi (priority group) | 172 offered | 463 | 187 |
| 2025-26 | — | 169 offered | 458 | 194 |
| 2024-25 | 1.53 mi (priority group) | 168 offered | 493 | 221 |
| 2023-24 | 0.54 mi | 173 offered | 464 | 201 |
| 2022-23 | 2.50 mi | 180 | 411 | 183 |
| 2021-22 | — | 180 | 412 | 125 |
| 2020-21 | — | 178 offered | 404 | 164 |
| 2019-20 | — | 180 | 386 | 157 |
| 2018-19 | — | 187 offered | 411 | 152 |
| 2017-18 | — | 149 offered | 389 | 149 |
| 2016-17 | — | 176 offered | 376 | 138 |
| 2015-16 | — | 153 offered | 410 | 153 |
| 2014-15 | — | 143 offered | 458 | 184 |
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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