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In 2026-27, the last place at William Read Primary Academy went to an applicant living 0.75 miles from the school. The last place went under criterion 3 (Children of staff), a priority group, so this distance applies only to that group, not to every family. We hold 1 year of published distances for this school.
In 2026-27, William Read Primary Academy received 107 applications for 30 places — around 3.6 per place. 31 named it as a first preference, or about 1.0 first choice per place.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 30 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | 0.75 mi (priority group) | 30 | 107 | 31 |
| 2025-26 | — | 20 offered | 83 | 18 |
| 2024-25 | — | 26 offered | 88 | 26 |
| 2023-24 | — | 16 offered | 70 | 14 |
| 2022-23 | — | 22 offered | 77 | 22 |
| 2021-22 | — | 35 offered | 95 | 31 |
| 2020-21 | — | 19 offered | 72 | 18 |
| 2019-20 | — | 21 offered | 77 | 18 |
| 2018-19 | — | 34 offered | 81 | 31 |
| 2017-18 | — | 41 offered | 105 | 32 |
| 2016-17 | — | 39 offered | 101 | 25 |
| 2015-16 | — | 53 offered | 108 | 28 |
| 2014-15 | — | 53 offered | 100 | 34 |
The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 (Reception) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, William Read Primary School and Nursery, before it converted.
2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 (Reception) were the admissions rounds of its predecessor, William Read Primary School and Nursery (URN 115062): 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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