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In 2026-27, the last place at John Smeaton Academy went to an applicant living 2.76 miles from the school. We hold 1 year of published distances for this school.
In 2026-27, John Smeaton Academy received 438 applications for 166 places offered — around 2.6 per place offered. 156 named it as a first preference, or about 0.9 first choices per place offered.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 180 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | 2.76 mi | 166 offered | 438 | 156 |
| 2025-26 | All offered | 157 offered | 400 | 138 |
| 2024-25 | All offered | 136 offered | 340 | 101 |
| 2023-24 | — | 119 offered | 338 | 87 |
| 2022-23 | — | 84 offered | 248 | 73 |
| 2021-22 | — | 95 offered | 251 | 72 |
| 2020-21 | — | 100 offered | 280 | 86 |
| 2019-20 | — | 220 | 320 | 136 |
| 2018-19 | — | 170 offered | 355 | 151 |
| 2017-18 | — | 179 offered | 396 | 161 |
| 2016-17 | — | 153 offered | 329 | 130 |
| 2015-16 | — | 146 offered | 272 | 122 |
| 2014-15 | — | 128 offered | 296 | 102 |
The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21 and 2021-22 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, John Smeaton Academy. The applications and first preferences for 2019-20 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, John Smeaton Academy.
2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 (Year 7) were the admissions rounds of its predecessor, John Smeaton Academy (URN 139282): 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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