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In 2025-26, the last place at Thomas Gainsborough School went to an applicant living 3.02 miles from the school. 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, Thomas Gainsborough School received 394 applications for 280 places — around 1.4 per place. 260 named it as a first preference, or about 0.9 first choices per place.
Thomas Gainsborough School has an upcoming open event: open day on Thursday, 12 November 2026. Seeing the school in person is the best way to judge whether the cut-off numbers above should worry you.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 280 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | — | 280 | 394 | 260 |
| 2025-26 | 3.02 mi | 272 offered | 418 | 295 |
| 2024-25 | 3.03 mi | 274 offered | 419 | 297 |
| 2023-24 | 1.25 mi | 280 offered | 454 | 331 |
| 2022-23 | 1.53 mi | 280 offered | 433 | 335 |
| 2021-22 | — | 280 offered | 430 | 304 |
| 2020-21 | — | 280 offered | 402 | 298 |
| 2019-20 | — | 280 offered | 439 | 340 |
| 2018-19 | — | 280 offered | 426 | 329 |
| 2017-18 | — | 278 offered | 375 | 277 |
| 2016-17 | — | 277 offered | 379 | 268 |
| 2015-16 | — | 256 offered | 374 | 251 |
| 2014-15 | — | 239 offered | 330 | 229 |
The places offered, applications and first preferences for 2014-15 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, Thomas Gainsborough School, before it converted.
2014-15 (Year 7) was the admissions round of its predecessor, Thomas Gainsborough School (URN 124797): every figure for that year 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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