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In 2026-27, the last place at St James' Catholic High School went to an applicant living 2.70 miles from the school. St James' Catholic High School has a religious character and we don't hold its admission arrangements, so we can't tell whether faith comes before distance. We hold 5 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, St James' Catholic High School received 663 applications for 155 places offered — around 4.3 per place offered. 165 named it as a first preference, or about 1.1 first choices per place offered.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 2.70 mi | 155 offered | 663 | 165 |
| 2025-26 | 2.95 mi | 151 offered | 643 | 169 |
| 2024-25 | 2.65 mi | 163 offered | 639 | 162 |
| 2023-24 | 2.43 mi | 156 offered | 536 | 186 |
| 2022-23 | 2.80 mi | 161 offered | 484 | 181 |
| 2021-22 | — | 162 offered | 410 | 147 |
| 2020-21 | — | 161 offered | 351 | 151 |
| 2019-20 | — | 157 offered | 369 | 143 |
| 2018-19 | — | 158 offered | 423 | 171 |
| 2017-18 | — | 154 offered | 530 | 210 |
| 2016-17 | — | 154 offered | 419 | 163 |
| 2015-16 | — | 149 offered | 358 | 172 |
| 2014-15 | — | 151 offered | 322 | 143 |
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.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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