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In every published year (2026-27), Abbeyfield School offered all applicants a place on national offer day — no distance cut-off applied. Past rounds don't guarantee a place, but on this record every applicant received an offer.
In 2026-27, Abbeyfield School received 306 applications for 240 places — around 1.3 per place. 114 named it as a first preference, or about 0.5 first choices per place.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | All offered | 240 | 306 | 114 |
| 2025-26 | — | 238 offered | 350 | 127 |
| 2024-25 | — | 236 offered | 356 | 107 |
| 2023-24 | — | 267 offered | 390 | 132 |
| 2022-23 | — | 226 offered | 388 | 112 |
| 2021-22 | — | 236 offered | 475 | 174 |
| 2020-21 | — | 266 offered | 514 | 166 |
| 2019-20 | — | 267 offered | 428 | 163 |
| 2018-19 | — | 237 offered | 390 | 140 |
| 2017-18 | — | 211 offered | 357 | 152 |
| 2016-17 | — | 239 offered | 362 | 173 |
| 2015-16 | — | 234 offered | 336 | 175 |
| 2014-15 | — | 220 offered | 340 | 173 |
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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