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1.15 mi
Last offer
2025-26
0.8
First choices per place
2026-27 · 95 for 120
1.6
Applications per place
2026-27
2
Years of distances held
In 2025-26, the last place at Orchards Academy went to an applicant living 1.15 miles from the school. We hold 2 years of published distances for this school.
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How has the cut-off moved?
Pro adds 1 earlier year of last distance offered (2024-25) and the trend across all 2.
Official sources only. If a figure isn't confirmed, we show nothing.In 2026-27, Orchards Academy received 197 applications for 120 places — around 1.6 per place. 95 named it as a first preference, or about 0.8 first choices per place.
| Year | Last offer | Places | Apps | 1st prefs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 150 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | — | 120 | 197 | 95 |
| 2025-26 | 1.15 mi | 120 | 169 | 100 |
| 2024-25 | ••• | ••• | ••• | ••• |
| 2023-24 | ••• | ••• | ••• | ••• |
| 2022-23 | ••• | ••• | ••• | ••• |
11 earlier years of Year 7 figures, 2014-15 to 2024-25, are part of Pro.
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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