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In 2025-26, the last place at Ellesmere Port Church of England College went to an applicant living 8.71 miles from the school. The council's figures don't show whether anyone was refused that year, so it may not have been a cut-off. We hold 1 year of published distances for this school.
In 2026-27, Ellesmere Port Church of England College received 260 applications for 159 places offered — around 1.6 per place offered. 153 named it as a first preference, or about 1.0 first choice per place offered.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-27 | — | 159 offered | 260 | 153 |
| 2025-26 | 8.71 mi | 145 offered | 276 | 141 |
| 2024-25 | — | 146 offered | 263 | 131 |
| 2023-24 | — | 119 offered | 204 | 117 |
| 2022-23 | — | 111 offered | 208 | 110 |
| 2021-22 | — | 115 offered | 181 | 113 |
| 2020-21 | — | 71 offered | 142 | 70 |
| 2019-20 | — | 70 offered | 101 | 44 |
| 2018-19 | — | 124 offered | 119 | 54 |
| 2017-18 | — | 117 offered | 184 | 107 |
| 2016-17 | — | 116 offered | 164 | 92 |
| 2015-16 | — | 130 offered | 189 | 121 |
| 2014-15 | — | 152 offered | 251 | 142 |
The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, University of Chester CE Academy.
2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 (Year 7) were the admissions rounds of its predecessor, University of Chester CE Academy (URN 135941): 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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