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In 2026-27, the last place at Priory School went to an applicant living 1.00 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, Priory School received 751 applications for 264 places offered — around 2.8 per place offered. 320 named it as a first preference, or about 1.2 first choices per place offered.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 250 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | 1.00 mi | 264 offered | 751 | 320 |
| 2025-26 | 0.88 mi | 262 offered | 683 | 326 |
| 2024-25 | 0.65 mi | 256 offered | 609 | 323 |
| 2023-24 | — | 259 offered | 557 | 276 |
| 2022-23 | — | 246 offered | 430 | 276 |
| 2021-22 | — | 247 offered | 395 | 217 |
| 2020-21 | — | 245 offered | 468 | 233 |
| 2019-20 | — | 246 offered | 443 | 229 |
| 2018-19 | — | 249 offered | 435 | 247 |
| 2017-18 | — | 247 offered | 414 | 229 |
| 2016-17 | — | 250 offered | 397 | 203 |
| 2015-16 | — | 250 offered | 411 | 235 |
| 2014-15 | — | 226 offered | 377 | 214 |
The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Priory School (Specialist Sports College), before it converted.
2014-15 (Year 7) was the admissions round of its predecessor, Priory School (Specialist Sports College) (URN 116459): 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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