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In 2023-24, the last place at Robert Blake Academy went to an applicant living 3.87 miles from the school. We hold 1 year of published distances for this school.
In 2026-27, Robert Blake Academy received 247 applications for 195 places offered — around 1.3 per place offered. 177 named it as a first preference, or about 0.9 first choices per place offered. The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2026-27 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Robert Blake School, before it converted.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | — | 195 offered | 247 | 177 |
| 2025-26 | — | 152 offered | 192 | 140 |
| 2024-25 | — | 217 offered | 276 | 211 |
| 2023-24 | 3.87 mi | 203 offered | 274 | 213 |
| 2022-23 | — | 204 offered | 248 | 195 |
| 2021-22 | — | 189 offered | 241 | 176 |
| 2020-21 | — | 188 offered | 266 | 195 |
| 2019-20 | — | 194 offered | 256 | 197 |
| 2018-19 | — | 166 offered | 211 | 146 |
| 2017-18 | — | 166 offered | 258 | 162 |
| 2016-17 | — | 156 offered | 214 | 142 |
| 2015-16 | — | 146 offered | 212 | 138 |
| 2014-15 | — | 148 offered | 196 | 142 |
The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 and 2026-27 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Robert Blake School, before it converted.
2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 and 2026-27 (Year 7) were the admissions rounds of its predecessor, Robert Blake School (URN 123878): 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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