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We hold no published cut-off distance for Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College. The council's note for each year is in the table below.
In 2026-27, Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College received 410 applications for 274 places — around 1.5 per place. 250 named it as a first preference, or about 0.9 first choices per place.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 274 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | Any other children (fina… | 274 | 410 | 250 |
| 2025-26 | — | 246 offered | 455 | 292 |
| 2024-25 | — | 249 offered | 439 | 285 |
| 2023-24 | — | 241 offered | 471 | 293 |
| 2022-23 | — | 238 offered | 441 | 282 |
| 2021-22 | — | 241 offered | 437 | 285 |
| 2020-21 | — | 257 offered | 462 | 296 |
| 2019-20 | — | 240 offered | 480 | 307 |
| 2018-19 | — | 237 offered | 517 | 334 |
| 2017-18 | — | 240 offered | 510 | 322 |
| 2016-17 | — | 258 offered | 427 | 269 |
| 2015-16 | — | 246 offered | 425 | 265 |
| 2014-15 | — | 222 offered | 352 | 211 |
The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15 and 2015-16 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College, before it converted.
2014-15 and 2015-16 (Year 7) were the admissions rounds of its predecessor, Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College (URN 109699): 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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