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In 2026-27, the last place at The Derby High School went to an applicant living 1.42 miles from the school. 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 Derby High School received 445 applications for 180 places — around 2.5 per place. 210 named it as a first preference, or about 1.2 first choices per place. The applications and first preferences for 2026-27 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, The Derby High School, before it converted.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-27 | 1.42 mi | 180 | 445 | 210 |
| 2025-26 | 1.17 mi | 180 | 471 | 209 |
| 2024-25 | 1.12 mi | 180 | 465 | 253 |
| 2023-24 | 1.80 mi | 180 | 507 | 256 |
| 2022-23 | No offers under distance… | 180 | 452 | 247 |
| 2021-22 | No offers under distance… | 180 | 483 | 277 |
| 2020-21 | — | 187 offered | 478 | 244 |
| 2019-20 | — | 180 offered | 418 | 231 |
| 2018-19 | — | 186 offered | 345 | 193 |
| 2017-18 | — | 200 offered | 327 | 169 |
| 2016-17 | — | 209 offered | 305 | 187 |
| 2015-16 | — | 180 offered | 255 | 150 |
| 2014-15 | — | 178 offered | 278 | 160 |
The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, The Derby High School, before it converted. The applications and first preferences for 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 and 2026-27 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, The Derby High School, before it converted.
2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 and 2026-27 (Year 7) were the admissions rounds of its predecessor, The Derby High School (URN 105355): 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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