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In 2026-27, the last place at Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form went to an applicant living 11.93 miles from the school. The last place went under “Out-catchment”, 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 2 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 Mills High School & Sixth Form received 277 applications for 168 places — around 1.6 per place. 180 named it as a first preference, or about 1.1 first choices per place.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 168 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | 11.93 mi (outside the catchment) | 168 | 277 | 180 |
| 2025-26 | 15.90 mi | 202 offered | 326 | 205 |
| 2024-25 | — | 136 offered | 252 | 134 |
| 2023-24 | — | 142 offered | 252 | 137 |
| 2022-23 | — | 133 offered | 247 | 133 |
| 2021-22 | — | 171 offered | 316 | 173 |
| 2020-21 | — | 171 offered | 298 | 163 |
| 2019-20 | — | 167 offered | 290 | 161 |
| 2018-19 | — | 201 offered | 331 | 198 |
| 2017-18 | — | 172 offered | 289 | 168 |
| 2016-17 | — | 164 offered | 297 | 157 |
| 2015-16 | — | 152 offered | 295 | 145 |
| 2014-15 | — | 137 offered | 261 | 133 |
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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