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In 2026-27, the last place at Ely College went to an applicant living 3.67 miles from the school. We hold 6 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, Ely College received 417 applications for 261 places offered — around 1.6 per place offered. 304 named it as a first preference, or about 1.2 first choices per place offered.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 3.67 mi | 261 offered | 417 | 304 |
| 2025-26 | 5.27 mi | 258 offered | 376 | 252 |
| 2024-25 | 4.22 mi | 259 offered | 383 | 277 |
| 2023-24 | — | 259 offered | 413 | 312 |
| 2022-23 | 1.86 mi | 292 offered | 400 | 294 |
| 2021-22 | 3.27 mi | 263 offered | 343 | 256 |
| 2020-21 | 5.74 mi | 263 offered | 354 | 256 |
| 2019-20 | — | 233 offered | 330 | 221 |
| 2018-19 | — | 202 offered | 285 | 169 |
| 2017-18 | — | 184 offered | 258 | 159 |
| 2016-17 | — | 203 offered | 290 | 167 |
| 2015-16 | — | 235 offered | 333 | 219 |
| 2014-15 | — | 211 offered | 318 | 208 |
The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Ely College.
2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 (Year 7) were the admissions rounds of its predecessor, Ely College (URN 137779): 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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