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In every published year (2025-26–2026-27), Forest Academy offered all applicants a place on national offer day — no distance cut-off applied. Past rounds don't guarantee a place, but on this record every applicant received an offer.
In 2026-27, Forest Academy received 190 applications for 134 places offered — around 1.4 per place offered. 74 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 | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-27 | All offered | 134 offered | 190 | 74 |
| 2025-26 | All offered | 109 offered | 214 | 83 |
| 2024-25 | — | 172 offered | 225 | 59 |
| 2023-24 | — | 174 offered | 171 | 68 |
| 2022-23 | — | 176 offered | 171 | 60 |
| 2021-22 | — | 187 offered | 164 | 61 |
| 2020-21 | — | 169 offered | 204 | 78 |
| 2019-20 | — | 143 offered | 177 | 60 |
| 2018-19 | — | 135 offered | 179 | 66 |
| 2017-18 | — | 126 offered | 167 | 44 |
| 2016-17 | — | 96 offered | 183 | 69 |
| 2015-16 | — | 147 offered | 178 | 55 |
| 2014-15 | — | 165 offered | 159 | 49 |
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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