St Mary Magdalene Academy: last distance offered & admissions history

In 2026-27, the last place at St Mary Magdalene Academy went to an applicant living 0.18 miles from the school. We hold 7 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.

St Mary Magdalene Academy by the numbers

In 2026-27, St Mary Magdalene Academy received 183 applications for 30 places — around 6.1 per place. 69 named it as a first preference, or about 2.3 first choices per place.

Reception entry

Year	Last distance offered	Places	Applications	1st preferences
2027-28	—	30	—	—
2026-27	0.18 mi	30	183	69
2025-26	0.32 mi	30	140	41
2024-25	0.53 mi	30	127	30
2023-24	0.18 mi	30 offered	131	43
2022-23	—	30 offered	141	38
2021-22	—	30 offered	155	36
2020-21	—	30 offered	138	34
2019-20	—	30 offered	154	39
2018-19	—	30 offered	158	51
2017-18	—	30 offered	140	30
2016-17	—	30 offered	173	45
2015-16	—	29 offered	169	39
2014-15	—	30 offered	187	40

12 earlier years of Reception figures

Last distance offered, places, applications and first preferences for Reception entry, 2014-15 to 2025-26, 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.

Year 7 entry

Year	Last distance offered	Places	Applications	1st preferences
2027-28	—	180	—	—
2026-27	0.31 mi	180	1087	434
2025-26	0.31 mi	180	1046	415
2024-25	0.38 mi	210	1105	453
2023-24	—	199 offered	1143	471
2022-23	—	201 offered	1094	414
2021-22	—	203 offered	1153	389
2020-21	—	204 offered	1164	421
2019-20	—	207 offered	1099	370
2018-19	—	176 offered	1019	331
2017-18	—	187 offered	992	348
2016-17	—	178 offered	831	248
2015-16	—	153 offered	720	211
2014-15	—	176 offered	700	211

12 earlier years of Year 7 figures, 2014-15 to 2025-26, are part of Pro.

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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