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We hold no published cut-off distance for Reading School. The council's note for each year is in the table below.
In 2026-27, Reading School received 492 applications for 146 places offered — around 3.4 per place offered. 400 named it as a first preference, or about 2.7 first choices per place offered.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | — | 146 offered | 492 | 400 |
| 2025-26 | Category 5 (day places):… | 146 offered | 448 | 360 |
| 2024-25 | — | 146 offered | 524 | 423 |
| 2023-24 | — | 148 offered | 498 | 384 |
| 2022-23 | — | 147 offered | 503 | 404 |
| 2021-22 | — | 146 offered | 696 | 523 |
| 2020-21 | — | 146 offered | 337 | 262 |
| 2019-20 | — | 149 offered | 344 | 267 |
| 2018-19 | — | 148 offered | 309 | 238 |
| 2017-18 | — | 150 offered | 299 | 238 |
| 2016-17 | — | 143 offered | 310 | 230 |
| 2015-16 | — | 115 offered | 301 | 212 |
| 2014-15 | — | 108 offered | 333 | 241 |
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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