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In 2020-21, the last place at The Sir John Colfox Academy went to an applicant living 4.57 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 2 years of published distances for this school.
We do not compare these years: we do not hold the criterion the last place went under for every one of them, or it differs between them, so the distances may not be like for like.
In 2026-27, The Sir John Colfox Academy received 150 applications for 104 places offered — around 1.4 per place offered. 104 named it as a first preference, or about 1.0 first choice per place offered.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 150 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | — | 104 offered | 150 | 104 |
| 2025-26 | — | 122 offered | 160 | 118 |
| 2024-25 | — | 129 offered | 168 | 129 |
| 2023-24 | — | 136 offered | 175 | 133 |
| 2022-23 | — | 122 offered | 172 | 120 |
| 2021-22 | — | 136 offered | 167 | 132 |
| 2020-21 | 4.57 mi | 145 offered | 196 | 145 |
| 2019-20 | — | 141 offered | 177 | 137 |
| 2018-19 | — | 148 offered | 194 | 152 |
| 2017-18 | 3.04 mi | 134 offered | 175 | 131 |
| 2016-17 | — | 144 offered | 196 | 138 |
| 2015-16 | — | 117 offered | 161 | 114 |
| 2014-15 | — | 144 offered | 182 | 144 |
6 earlier years of Year 7 figures
Last distance offered, places, applications and first preferences for Year 7 entry, 2014-15 to 2019-20, where the council published them, are part of Pro.
Verified from official sources across all four UK nations — when a figure isn't confirmed, we show nothing, never a guess.The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15 and 2015-16 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, The Sir John Colfox School, before it converted.
2014-15 and 2015-16 (Year 7) were the admissions rounds of its predecessor, The Sir John Colfox School (URN 113852): 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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