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In 2026-27, the last place at Shirley High School Performing Arts College went to an applicant living 6.41 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 Shirley High School Performing Arts College: 6 years of last distance offered, 2020-21 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, Shirley High School Performing Arts College received 386 applications for 180 places — around 2.1 per place. 84 named it as a first preference, or about 0.5 first choices per place.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 180 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | 6.41 mi | 180 | 386 | 84 |
| 2025-26 | 11.48 mi | 166 offered | 479 | 97 |
| 2024-25 | 4.20 mi | 125 offered | 398 | 66 |
| 2023-24 | 4.00 mi | 141 offered | 385 | 59 |
| 2022-23 | 4.93 mi | 174 offered | 420 | 76 |
| 2021-22 | — | 149 offered | 393 | 57 |
| 2020-21 | 4.62 mi | 160 offered | 397 | 84 |
| 2019-20 | — | 179 offered | 623 | 131 |
| 2018-19 | — | 180 offered | 707 | 129 |
| 2017-18 | — | 180 offered | 709 | 164 |
| 2016-17 | — | 177 offered | 658 | 101 |
| 2015-16 | — | 172 offered | 691 | 146 |
| 2014-15 | — | 176 offered | 853 | 198 |
12 earlier years of Year 7 figures, 2014-15 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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