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In 2026-27, the last place at Co-op Academy Walkden went to an applicant living 2.27 miles from the school. We hold 8 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, Co-op Academy Walkden received 494 applications for 300 places — around 1.6 per place. 274 named it as a first preference, or about 0.9 first choices per place.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 2.27 mi | 300 | 494 | 274 |
| 2025-26 | All offered | 291 offered | 473 | 244 |
| 2024-25 | 2.21 mi | 295 offered | 479 | 285 |
| 2023-24 | 2.09 mi | 289 offered | 511 | 306 |
| 2022-23 | 1.92 mi | 295 offered | 484 | 300 |
| 2021-22 | 1.81 mi | 297 offered | 511 | 344 |
| 2020-21 | 2.07 mi | 296 offered | 491 | 286 |
| 2019-20 | 2.07 mi | 292 offered | 438 | 266 |
| 2018-19 | 2.13 mi | 300 | 462 | 273 |
| 2017-18 | All offered | 300 | 404 | 223 |
| 2016-17 | All offered | 300 | 409 | 241 |
| 2015-16 | All offered | 300 | 380 | 215 |
| 2014-15 | — | 275 offered | 435 | 252 |
The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Walkden High School, before it converted. The applications, first preferences and offers by preference for 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Walkden High School, before it converted. The applications and first preferences for 2018-19 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Walkden High School, before it converted.
2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 (Year 7) were the admissions rounds of its predecessor, Walkden High School (URN 105975): 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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