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In 2025-26, the last place at Colonel Frank Seely Academy went to an applicant living 5.55 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, Colonel Frank Seely Academy received 492 applications for 180 places — around 2.7 per place. 158 named it as a first preference, or about 0.9 first choices per place.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 180 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | — | 180 | 492 | 158 |
| 2025-26 | 5.55 mi | 174 offered | 446 | 173 |
| 2024-25 | 8.57 mi | 162 offered | 424 | 150 |
| 2023-24 | 9.89 mi | 175 offered | 390 | 142 |
| 2022-23 | — | 158 offered | 298 | 121 |
| 2021-22 | — | 136 offered | 300 | 121 |
| 2020-21 | — | 148 offered | 296 | 97 |
| 2019-20 | — | 171 offered | 332 | 138 |
| 2018-19 | — | 166 offered | 255 | 126 |
| 2017-18 | — | 138 offered | 254 | 93 |
| 2016-17 | — | 138 offered | 271 | 120 |
| 2015-16 | — | 124 offered | 268 | 111 |
| 2014-15 | — | 126 offered | 290 | 117 |
The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Colonel Frank Seely Comprehensive School, before it converted.
2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 (Year 7) were the admissions rounds of its predecessor, Colonel Frank Seely Comprehensive School (URN 122867): 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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