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In 2026-27, the last place at The Howard School went to an applicant living 3.34 miles from the school. We hold 1 year of published distances for this school.
In 2026-27, The Howard School received 523 applications for 243 places offered — around 2.2 per place offered. 229 named it as a first preference, or about 0.9 first choices per place offered.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 3.34 mi | 243 offered | 523 | 229 |
| 2025-26 | — | 246 offered | 577 | 241 |
| 2024-25 | — | 250 offered | 516 | 222 |
| 2023-24 | — | 235 offered | 451 | 176 |
| 2022-23 | — | 277 offered | 416 | 166 |
| 2021-22 | — | 302 offered | 449 | 222 |
| 2020-21 | — | 270 offered | 470 | 231 |
| 2019-20 | — | 263 offered | 520 | 246 |
| 2018-19 | — | 250 offered | 488 | 219 |
| 2017-18 | — | 248 offered | 469 | 243 |
| 2016-17 | — | 255 offered | 500 | 241 |
| 2015-16 | — | 253 offered | 480 | 234 |
| 2014-15 | — | 255 offered | 480 | 239 |
The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, The Howard School, before it converted.
2014-15 (Year 7) was the admissions round of its predecessor, The Howard School (URN 118929): 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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