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In 2026-27, the last place at Unsworth Academy went to an applicant living 8.63 miles from the school. We hold 5 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, Unsworth Academy received 433 applications for 200 places — around 2.2 per place. 191 named it as a first preference, or about 1.0 first choice per place.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-27 | 8.63 mi | 200 | 433 | 191 |
| 2025-26 | Ran out under “All” | 199 offered | 388 | 189 |
| 2024-25 | 1.27 mi | 194 offered | 465 | 266 |
| 2023-24 | 1.95 mi | 200 offered | 423 | 222 |
| 2022-23 | 2.58 mi | 198 offered | 386 | 201 |
| 2021-22 | 3.72 mi | 199 offered | 325 | 175 |
| 2020-21 | — | 198 offered | 341 | 174 |
| 2019-20 | — | 207 offered | 241 | 133 |
| 2018-19 | — | 196 offered | 194 | 89 |
| 2017-18 | — | 188 offered | 189 | 78 |
| 2016-17 | — | 204 offered | 261 | 131 |
| 2015-16 | — | 190 offered | 280 | 142 |
| 2014-15 | — | 179 offered | 299 | 150 |
The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Castlebrook High School, before it converted.
2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 (Year 7) were the admissions rounds of its predecessor, Castlebrook High School (URN 105363): 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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