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In 2024-25, the last place at Highcliffe Primary School and Community Centre went under “Sibling”; we hold no distance for that year. We hold 2 earlier 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.
In 2026-27, Highcliffe Primary School and Community Centre received 130 applications for 60 places — around 2.2 per place. 49 named it as a first preference, or about 0.8 first choices per place.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 60 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | — | 60 | 130 | 49 |
| 2025-26 | — | 56 offered | 128 | 54 |
| 2024-25 | Last place: “Sibling” | 59 offered | 138 | 59 |
| 2023-24 | Ran out under “Pr Catchment” | 60 offered | 146 | 64 |
| 2022-23 | — | 60 offered | 131 | 72 |
| 2021-22 | — | 50 offered | 114 | 42 |
| 2020-21 | Ran out under “Catchment” | 60 offered | 125 | 75 |
| 2019-20 | — | 59 offered | 142 | 77 |
| 2018-19 | 5.02 mi | 60 offered | 113 | 61 |
| 2017-18 | 3.06 mi | 59 offered | 119 | 65 |
| 2016-17 | — | 59 offered | 140 | 81 |
| 2015-16 | — | 60 offered | 120 | 74 |
| 2014-15 | — | 60 offered | 106 | 62 |
10 earlier years of Reception figures
Last distance offered, places, applications and first preferences for Reception entry, 2014-15 to 2023-24, 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.The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15 (Reception) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Highcliffe Primary School and Community Centre, before it converted.
2014-15 (Reception) was the admissions round of its predecessor, Highcliffe Primary School and Community Centre (URN 120091): every figure for that year 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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