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In 2021-22, the last place at Braunton Academy went to an applicant living 3.55 miles from the school. We hold 3 years of published distances for this school. The last distance offered has been broadly stable over that period.
In 2026-27, Braunton Academy received 195 applications for 150 places — around 1.3 per place. 167 named it as a first preference, or about 1.1 first choices per place. Across the 3 years of published distances, the last distance offered has ranged from 3.55 miles (2021-22, the tightest) to 4.11 miles (2020-21, the most open).
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | All offered | 150 | 195 | 167 |
| 2025-26 | All offered | 150 | 188 | 161 |
| 2024-25 | — | 177 offered | 232 | 203 |
| 2023-24 | All offered | 180 | 212 | 175 |
| 2022-23 | All offered | 180 | 210 | 174 |
| 2021-22 | 3.55 mi | 150 | 191 | 160 |
| 2020-21 | 4.11 mi | 150 | 209 | 156 |
| 2019-20 | 3.84 mi | 150 | 214 | 177 |
| 2018-19 | — | 143 offered | 206 | 164 |
| 2017-18 | — | 155 offered | 185 | 155 |
| 2016-17 | — | 150 offered | 206 | 142 |
| 2015-16 | — | 129 offered | 170 | 128 |
| 2014-15 | — | 130 offered | 194 | 127 |
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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