Essential cookies keep you signed in.
May we also store a random visit ID and where you first arrived from, for our own analytics?
We never share it with Google or advertisers. Rejecting is just as easy; nothing else changes. Cookie details
In 2026-27, the last place at Walbottle Academy went to an applicant living 3.35 miles from the school. We hold 3 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, Walbottle Academy received 664 applications for 331 places offered — around 2.0 per place offered. 305 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 | — | 330 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | 3.35 mi | 331 offered | 664 | 305 |
| 2025-26 | 3.51 mi | 330 offered | 615 | 308 |
| 2024-25 | 4.00 mi | 329 offered | 550 | 279 |
| 2023-24 | — | 329 offered | 426 | 213 |
| 2022-23 | — | 329 offered | 394 | 198 |
| 2021-22 | — | 327 offered | 371 | 187 |
| 2020-21 | — | 329 offered | 308 | 148 |
| 2019-20 | — | 267 offered | 398 | 204 |
| 2018-19 | — | 287 offered | 372 | 252 |
| 2017-18 | — | 254 offered | 355 | 240 |
| 2016-17 | — | 266 offered | 384 | 248 |
| 2015-16 | — | 293 offered | 423 | 282 |
| 2014-15 | — | 319 offered | 463 | 334 |
The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Walbottle Campus, before it converted.
2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 (Year 7) were the admissions rounds of its predecessor, Walbottle Campus (URN 108524): 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.
Would your address have got an offer?
Enter your postcode and we'll check your distance against published cut-off data like this — across the schools near you at once.
Check my postcode →See Walbottle Academy's full profile for oversubscription criteria and application dates.
Comparing cut-offs across your shortlist shows which schools your address can realistically reach.