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In 2026-27, the last place at The Orme Academy went to an applicant living 5.52 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 3 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, The Orme Academy received 299 applications for 150 places — around 2.0 per place. 152 named it as a first preference, or about 1.0 first choice per place.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 150 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | 5.52 mi | 150 | 299 | 152 |
| 2025-26 | 0.58 mi | 150 | 342 | 196 |
| 2024-25 | 0.87 mi | 150 | 311 | 186 |
| 2023-24 | — | 162 offered | 305 | 151 |
| 2022-23 | — | 155 offered | 293 | 181 |
| 2021-22 | — | 136 offered | 235 | 117 |
| 2020-21 | — | 160 offered | 267 | 124 |
| 2019-20 | — | 225 offered | 226 | 122 |
| 2018-19 | — | 153 offered | 271 | 135 |
| 2017-18 | — | 138 offered | 244 | 125 |
| 2016-17 | — | 186 offered | 310 | 174 |
| 2015-16 | — | 195 offered | 293 | 185 |
| 2014-15 | — | 165 offered | 231 | 159 |
12 earlier years of Year 7 figures
Last distance offered, places, applications and first preferences for Year 7 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 and 2015-16 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Wolstanton High School, before it converted.
2014-15 and 2015-16 (Year 7) were the admissions rounds of its predecessor, Wolstanton High School (URN 124414): 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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