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In 2024-25, the last place at The Friary School went to an applicant living 0.87 miles from the school. We hold 1 year of published distances for this school.
In 2026-27, The Friary School received 637 applications for 210 places — around 3.0 per place. 268 named it as a first preference, or about 1.3 first choices per place.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | — | 210 | 637 | 268 |
| 2025-26 | — | 210 | 618 | 264 |
| 2024-25 | 0.87 mi | 210 | 642 | 251 |
| 2023-24 | — | 217 offered | 684 | 241 |
| 2022-23 | — | 216 offered | 660 | 264 |
| 2021-22 | — | 209 offered | 623 | 231 |
| 2020-21 | — | 210 offered | 632 | 229 |
| 2019-20 | — | 208 offered | 597 | 229 |
| 2018-19 | — | 210 offered | 614 | 292 |
| 2017-18 | — | 214 offered | 578 | 229 |
| 2016-17 | — | 197 offered | 448 | 171 |
| 2015-16 | — | 208 offered | 404 | 198 |
| 2014-15 | — | 178 offered | 376 | 166 |
The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, The Friary School, before it converted.
2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 (Year 7) were the admissions rounds of its predecessor, The Friary School (URN 124422): 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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