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In 2026-27, places at Harris Academy Purley ran out under “Banding”. We hold no published cut-off distance for Harris Academy Purley. The council's note for each year is in the table below.
In 2026-27, Harris Academy Purley received 615 applications for 180 places — around 3.4 per place. 109 named it as a first preference, or about 0.6 first choices per place.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 180 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | Ran out under “Banding” | 180 | 615 | 109 |
| 2025-26 | Ran out under “Banding” | 180 offered | 587 | 126 |
| 2024-25 | — | 180 offered | 631 | 117 |
| 2023-24 | Ran out under “Banding” | 190 offered | 750 | 109 |
| 2022-23 | Ran out under “Banding” | 190 offered | 783 | 124 |
| 2021-22 | Ran out under “Banding” | 185 offered | 828 | 143 |
| 2020-21 | Ran out under “Banding” | 190 offered | 909 | 185 |
| 2019-20 | — | 189 offered | 1019 | 183 |
| 2018-19 | — | 210 offered | 1078 | 219 |
| 2017-18 | — | 179 offered | 1065 | 230 |
| 2016-17 | — | 181 offered | 1150 | 284 |
| 2015-16 | — | 177 offered | 983 | 224 |
| 2014-15 | — | 174 offered | 1057 | 271 |
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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