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In 2026-27, the last place at Hamstel Infant School and Nursery went to an applicant living 0.77 miles from the school. The last place went under “outside of catchment area”, to a child living outside the catchment, so this distance applies to families living outside the catchment, not to everyone: children living inside it rank ahead. 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, Hamstel Infant School and Nursery received 215 applications for 120 places offered — around 1.8 per place offered. 125 named it as a first preference, or about 1.0 first choice per place offered.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 0.77 mi (outside the catchment) | 120 offered | 215 | 125 |
| 2025-26 | 0.48 mi | 120 offered | 224 | 126 |
| 2024-25 | 0.75 mi | 120 offered | 239 | 126 |
| 2023-24 | Last place: “Pupils living outside catchment…” | 118 offered | 202 | 115 |
| 2022-23 | 6.20 mi | 117 offered | 227 | 109 |
| 2021-22 | — | 120 offered | 249 | 142 |
| 2020-21 | — | 150 offered | 278 | 149 |
| 2019-20 | — | 149 offered | 282 | 152 |
| 2018-19 | — | 146 offered | 279 | 140 |
| 2017-18 | — | 148 offered | 264 | 139 |
| 2016-17 | — | 149 offered | 296 | 156 |
| 2015-16 | — | 149 offered | 279 | 152 |
| 2014-15 | — | 150 offered | 273 | 158 |
12 earlier years of Reception figures
Last distance offered, places, applications and first preferences for Reception entry, 2014-15 to 2025-26, where the council published them, are part of Pro.
Verified from official sources across all four UK nations — when a figure isn't confirmed, we show nothing, never a guess.The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 (Reception) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Hamstel Infant School and Nursery, before it converted.
2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 (Reception) were the admissions rounds of its predecessor, Hamstel Infant School and Nursery (URN 114771): 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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