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In 2026-27, the last place at The Ruth Gorse Academy went to an applicant living 0.97 miles from the school. The last place went under “In defined catchment area”, a priority group, so this distance applies only to that group, not to every family. We hold 3 years of published distances for this school.
The last distance offered has been broadly stable over that period. Across the 3 years of published distances, the last distance offered has ranged from 0.97 miles (2026-27, the tightest) to 1.22 miles (2025-26, the most open).
In 2026-27, The Ruth Gorse Academy received 1,140 applications for 247 places offered — around 4.6 per place offered. 381 named it as a first preference, or about 1.5 first choices per place offered.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 252 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | 0.97 mi (priority group) | 247 offered | 1140 | 381 |
| 2025-26 | 1.22 mi (priority group) | 250 offered | 1060 | 329 |
| 2024-25 | 1.12 mi (priority group) | 248 offered | 1099 | 369 |
| 2023-24 | — | 250 offered | 1033 | 324 |
| 2022-23 | — | 252 offered | 1059 | 363 |
| 2021-22 | — | 251 offered | 1020 | 408 |
| 2020-21 | — | 252 offered | 980 | 358 |
| 2019-20 | — | 252 | 872 | 357 |
| 2018-19 | — | 251 offered | 812 | 309 |
| 2017-18 | — | 251 offered | 618 | 223 |
| 2016-17 | — | 246 offered | 424 | 129 |
| 2015-16 | — | 185 offered | 277 | 97 |
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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