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In every published year (2026-27), Sir James Smith's School 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.
In 2026-27, Sir James Smith's School received 132 applications for 120 places — around 1.1 per place. 91 named it as a first preference, or about 0.8 first choices per place.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 120 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | All offered | 120 | 132 | 91 |
| 2025-26 | — | 114 offered | 144 | 113 |
| 2024-25 | — | 127 offered | 166 | 129 |
| 2023-24 | — | 120 offered | 145 | 120 |
| 2022-23 | — | 143 offered | 167 | 143 |
| 2021-22 | — | 113 offered | 138 | 112 |
| 2020-21 | — | 105 offered | 149 | 104 |
| 2019-20 | — | 118 offered | 167 | 116 |
| 2018-19 | — | 103 offered | 120 | 99 |
| 2017-18 | — | 103 offered | 111 | 103 |
| 2016-17 | — | 91 offered | 106 | 91 |
| 2015-16 | — | 68 offered | 80 | 68 |
| 2014-15 | — | 73 offered | 72 | 59 |
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, Sir James Smith's Community School, before it converted.
2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 (Year 7) were the admissions rounds of its predecessor, Sir James Smith's Community School (URN 112039): 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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