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In 2026-27, the last place at St John Henry Newman Catholic School went to an applicant living 0.66 miles from the school. St John Henry Newman Catholic School ranks faith before distance, so this distance describes children who meet its faith priorities; a family with no faith priority comes after them. We hold 4 years of published distances for this school.
The last distance offered has fallen over that period — offers now reach less far than they used to. Across the 4 years of published distances, the last distance offered has ranged from 0.66 miles (2026-27, the tightest) to 3.58 miles (2024-25, the most open).
In 2026-27, St John Henry Newman Catholic School received 568 applications for 250 places — around 2.3 per place. 248 named it as a first preference, or about 1.0 first choice per place.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 250 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | 0.66 mi | 250 | 568 | 248 |
| 2025-26 | 1.41 mi | 250 | 514 | 248 |
| 2024-25 | 3.58 mi | 250 | 507 | 248 |
| 2023-24 | 1.33 mi | 250 | 495 | 231 |
| 2022-23 | — | 250 offered | 487 | 227 |
| 2021-22 | — | 249 offered | 439 | 212 |
| 2020-21 | — | 249 offered | 468 | 222 |
| 2019-20 | — | 246 offered | 453 | 216 |
| 2018-19 | — | 224 offered | 374 | 173 |
| 2017-18 | — | 218 offered | 378 | 178 |
| 2016-17 | — | 209 offered | 362 | 198 |
| 2015-16 | — | 210 offered | 386 | 200 |
| 2014-15 | — | 209 offered | 398 | 208 |
The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Arts and Community College, before it converted.
2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 (Year 7) were the admissions rounds of its predecessor, Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Arts and Community College (URN 103743): 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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