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In 2026-27, the last place at Brayton Academy went to an applicant living 6.71 miles from the school. The last place went under “Out of Catchment Distance”, to a child living outside the catchment, so this distance applies to families living outside the catchment, not to everyone: children living inside it rank ahead. We hold 2 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, Brayton Academy received 517 applications for 231 places offered — around 2.2 per place offered. 238 named it as a first preference, or about 1.0 first choice per place offered.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 241 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | 6.71 mi (outside the catchment) | 231 offered | 517 | 238 |
| 2025-26 | — | 217 offered | 447 | 165 |
| 2024-25 | — | 228 offered | 442 | 183 |
| 2023-24 | Ran out under “Own admisions criteria” | 208 offered | 435 | 204 |
| 2022-23 | 41.40 mi | 173 offered | 251 | 128 |
| 2021-22 | Last place: “O/C Dist” | 241 | 308 | 197 |
| 2020-21 | — | 182 offered | 286 | 176 |
| 2019-20 | — | 158 offered | 236 | 130 |
| 2018-19 | — | 89 offered | 146 | 75 |
| 2017-18 | — | 91 offered | 164 | 75 |
| 2016-17 | — | 73 offered | 146 | 58 |
| 2015-16 | — | 110 offered | 184 | 92 |
| 2014-15 | — | 241 | 137 | 61 |
| 2011-12 | — | 240 | — | — |
The applications and first preferences for 2014-15 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Brayton Academy, before it converted. The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2015-16 and 2016-17 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Brayton Academy, before it converted.
2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 (Year 7) were the admissions rounds of its predecessor, Brayton Academy (URN 121701): 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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