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In 2026-27, Lift Cottingley offered every applicant a place on national offer day, so no distance cut-off applied that year. We hold 3 earlier years of published distances for this school.
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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, Lift Cottingley received 40 applications for 26 places offered — around 1.5 per place offered. 24 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 | — | 30 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | All offered | 26 offered | 40 | 24 |
| 2025-26 | All offered | 21 offered | 35 | 21 |
| 2024-25 | All offered | 14 offered | 31 | 13 |
| 2023-24 | — | 36 offered | 50 | 34 |
| 2022-23 | — | 36 offered | 59 | 33 |
| 2021-22 | — | 31 offered | 49 | 30 |
| 2020-21 | All offered | 60 | 53 | 34 |
| 2019-20 | — | 60 | 33 | 25 |
| 2018-19 | — | 41 offered | 46 | 37 |
| 2017-18 | — | 60 | 38 | 28 |
| 2016-17 | 1.42 mi | 45 offered | 51 | 46 |
| 2015-16 | 0.20 mi | 45 offered | 57 | 50 |
| 2014-15 | — | 24 offered | 26 | 17 |
| 2011-12 | 0.25 mi | — | — | — |
13 earlier years of Reception figures
Last distance offered, places, applications and first preferences for Reception entry, 2011-12 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.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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