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In 2026-27, the last place at Barr Beacon School went to an applicant living 1.19 miles from the school. 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, Barr Beacon School received 1,205 applications for 252 places — around 4.8 per place. 333 named it as a first preference, or about 1.3 first choices per place.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 252 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | 1.19 mi | 252 | 1205 | 333 |
| 2025-26 | — | 255 offered | 1143 | 319 |
| 2024-25 | 1.34 mi | 254 offered | 1222 | 314 |
| 2023-24 | 1.21 mi | 252 offered | 1265 | 347 |
| 2022-23 | — | 255 offered | 1196 | 348 |
| 2021-22 | — | 270 offered | 1211 | 349 |
| 2020-21 | — | 273 offered | 1243 | 344 |
| 2019-20 | — | 251 offered | 1306 | 373 |
| 2018-19 | — | 296 offered | 1200 | 326 |
| 2017-18 | — | 248 offered | 1111 | 295 |
| 2016-17 | — | 245 offered | 1033 | 267 |
| 2015-16 | — | 248 offered | 899 | 252 |
| 2014-15 | — | 251 offered | 839 | 260 |
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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