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In 2026-27, the last place at St James Academy went to an applicant living 2.20 miles from the school. We hold 1 year of published distances for this school.
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In 2026-27, St James Academy received 307 applications for 180 places — around 1.7 per place. 139 named it as a first preference, or about 0.8 first choices per place.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 180 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | 2.20 mi | 180 | 307 | 139 |
| 2025-26 | — | 180 | 288 | 118 |
| 2024-25 | — | 180 | 265 | 94 |
| 2023-24 | — | 180 | 258 | 107 |
| 2022-23 | — | 163 offered | 224 | 108 |
| 2021-22 | — | 159 offered | 253 | 103 |
| 2020-21 | — | 154 offered | 231 | 107 |
| 2019-20 | — | 162 offered | 208 | 80 |
| 2018-19 | — | 125 offered | 186 | 65 |
| 2017-18 | — | 125 offered | 168 | 67 |
| 2016-17 | — | 151 offered | 191 | 69 |
| 2015-16 | — | 112 offered | 150 | 52 |
| 2014-15 | — | 125 offered | 191 | 80 |
The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Castle High School and Visual Arts College, before it converted.
2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 (Year 7) were the admissions rounds of its predecessor, Castle High School and Visual Arts College (URN 103867): 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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