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In 2026-27, the last place at Meols Cop High School went to an applicant living 1.52 miles from the school. We hold 4 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, Meols Cop High School received 490 applications for 175 places offered — around 2.8 per place offered. 206 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 | — | 180 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | 1.52 mi | 175 offered | 490 | 206 |
| 2025-26 | 1.08 mi | 176 offered | 512 | 230 |
| 2024-25 | 1.73 mi | 179 offered | 528 | 206 |
| 2023-24 | 1.12 mi | 180 | 545 | 233 |
| 2022-23 | — | 178 offered | 496 | 228 |
| 2021-22 | — | 178 offered | 497 | 243 |
| 2020-21 | — | 177 offered | 521 | 219 |
| 2019-20 | — | 180 offered | 446 | 199 |
| 2018-19 | — | 179 offered | 548 | 251 |
| 2017-18 | — | 177 offered | 507 | 243 |
| 2016-17 | — | 159 offered | 460 | 211 |
| 2015-16 | — | 149 offered | 518 | 205 |
| 2014-15 | — | 150 offered | 435 | 196 |
The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Meols Cop High School, before it converted. The applications and first preferences for 2023-24 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Meols Cop High School, before it converted.
2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 (Year 7) were the admissions rounds of its predecessor, Meols Cop High School (URN 104956): 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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