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In 2026-27, the last place at Sir John Talbot's School went to an applicant living 12.55 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, Sir John Talbot's School received 236 applications for 135 places — around 1.7 per place. 129 named it as a first preference, or about 1.0 first choice per place.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 135 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | 12.55 mi | 135 | 236 | 129 |
| 2025-26 | — | 142 offered | 231 | 138 |
| 2024-25 | — | 158 offered | 237 | 152 |
| 2023-24 | — | 146 offered | 220 | 143 |
| 2022-23 | — | 149 offered | 244 | 148 |
| 2021-22 | — | 128 offered | 196 | 131 |
| 2020-21 | — | 128 offered | 212 | 139 |
| 2019-20 | — | 131 offered | 227 | 162 |
| 2018-19 | — | 107 offered | 142 | 95 |
| 2017-18 | — | 89 offered | 116 | 78 |
| 2016-17 | — | 90 offered | 144 | 89 |
| 2015-16 | — | 80 offered | 98 | 75 |
| 2014-15 | — | 55 offered | 85 | 47 |
The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Sir John Talbot's Technology College, before it converted.
2014-15 (Year 7) was the admissions round of its predecessor, Sir John Talbot's Technology College (URN 123588): every figure for that year 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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