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In 2026-27, the last place at Ark Blake Academy went to an applicant living 5.69 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 6 years of published distances for this school.
How has the cut-off moved over the years?
Pro shows every year we hold for Ark Blake Academy: 6 years of last distance offered, 2021-22 to 2026-27, with the trend and the range across them.
Verified from official sources across all four UK nations — when a figure isn't confirmed, we show nothing, never a guess.In 2026-27, Ark Blake Academy received 421 applications for 158 places offered — around 2.7 per place offered. 115 named it as a first preference, or about 0.7 first choices per place offered.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-27 | 5.69 mi | 158 offered | 421 | 115 |
| 2025-26 | 4.03 mi | 157 offered | 416 | 117 |
| 2024-25 | 4.05 mi | 162 offered | 429 | 107 |
| 2023-24 | 1.05 mi | 178 offered | 581 | 189 |
| 2022-23 | 0.90 mi | 174 offered | 649 | 188 |
| 2021-22 | 1.02 mi | 177 offered | 562 | 191 |
5 earlier years of Year 7 figures, 2021-22 to 2025-26, are part of Pro.
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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