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In 2024-25, the last place at The Portsmouth Academy went to an applicant living 1.41 miles from the school. The council's figures don't show whether anyone was refused that year, so it may not have been a cut-off. We hold 1 year of published distances for this school.
In 2026-27, The Portsmouth Academy received 409 applications for 212 places offered — around 1.9 per place offered. 117 named it as a first preference, or about 0.6 first choices per place offered.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 250 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | — | 212 offered | 409 | 117 |
| 2025-26 | — | 218 offered | 383 | 106 |
| 2024-25 | 1.41 mi | 248 offered | 446 | 189 |
| 2023-24 | — | 245 offered | 482 | 209 |
| 2022-23 | — | 242 offered | 400 | 205 |
| 2021-22 | — | 245 offered | 448 | 221 |
| 2020-21 | — | 245 offered | 443 | 220 |
| 2019-20 | — | 221 offered | 471 | 213 |
| 2018-19 | — | 232 offered | 475 | 242 |
| 2017-18 | — | 171 offered | 354 | 161 |
| 2016-17 | — | 86 offered | 141 | 60 |
| 2015-16 | — | 85 offered | 125 | 55 |
| 2014-15 | — | 90 offered | 199 | 85 |
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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