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0.7
First choices per place
2026-27 · 51 for 75
1.7
Applications per place
2026-27
In every published year (2026-27), The Vale Academy offered all applicants a place on national offer day — no distance cut-off applied. Past rounds don't guarantee a place, but on this record every applicant received an offer.
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In 2026-27, The Vale Academy received 129 applications for 75 places — around 1.7 per place. 51 named it as a first preference, or about 0.7 first choices per place.
| Year | Last offer | Places | Apps | 1st prefs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | All offered | 75 | 129 | 51 |
| 2025-26 | — | 61 offered | 88 | 58 |
| 2024-25 | — | 75 offered | 129 | 70 |
| 2023-24 | — | 77 offered | 123 | 70 |
| 2022-23 | — | 75 offered | 117 | 74 |
| 2021-22 | — | 60 offered | 102 | 58 |
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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| 2020-21 | — | 74 offered | 122 | 71 |
| 2019-20 | — | 66 offered | 108 | 63 |
| 2018-19 | — | 54 offered | 92 | 50 |
| 2017-18 | — | 37 offered | 68 | 33 |
| 2016-17 | — | 52 offered | 86 | 47 |
| 2015-16 | — | 30 offered | 53 | 21 |
| 2014-15 | — | 41 offered | 68 | 39 |