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In 2026-27, the last place at St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford went to an applicant living 0.90 miles from the school. St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford ranks faith before distance, so this distance describes children who meet its faith priorities; a family with no faith priority comes after them. We hold 3 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, St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford received 650 applications for 190 places — around 3.4 per place. 187 named it as a first preference, or about 1.0 first choice per place.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 190 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | 0.90 mi | 190 | 650 | 187 |
| 2025-26 | 0.68 mi | 182 offered | 622 | 176 |
| 2024-25 | — | 185 offered | 607 | 178 |
| 2023-24 | 0.57 mi | 188 offered | 560 | 159 |
| 2022-23 | — | 190 offered | 539 | 210 |
| 2021-22 | — | 190 offered | 450 | 145 |
| 2020-21 | — | 188 offered | 565 | 184 |
| 2019-20 | — | 188 offered | 468 | 146 |
| 2018-19 | — | 186 offered | 574 | 144 |
| 2017-18 | — | 189 offered | 625 | 169 |
| 2016-17 | — | 188 offered | 590 | 168 |
| 2015-16 | — | 185 offered | 544 | 168 |
| 2014-15 | — | 185 offered | 582 | 161 |
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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