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In 2024-25, the last place at Bedford High School went to an applicant living 2.92 miles from the school. The council's figures don't show whether anyone was refused that year, so it may not have been a cut-off. We hold 1 year of published distances for this school.
In 2026-27, Bedford High School received 493 applications for 210 places — around 2.3 per place. 159 named it as a first preference, or about 0.8 first choices per place.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 210 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | — | 210 | 493 | 159 |
| 2025-26 | 237 places were allocate… | 210 | 448 | 199 |
| 2024-25 | 2.92 mi | 210 offered | 507 | 188 |
| 2023-24 | — | 224 offered | 516 | 212 |
| 2022-23 | — | 227 offered | 513 | 241 |
| 2021-22 | — | 214 offered | 470 | 202 |
| 2020-21 | — | 227 offered | 495 | 214 |
| 2019-20 | — | 216 offered | 493 | 197 |
| 2018-19 | — | 218 offered | 488 | 220 |
| 2017-18 | — | 183 offered | 429 | 170 |
| 2016-17 | — | 146 offered | 425 | 136 |
| 2015-16 | — | 181 offered | 368 | 132 |
| 2014-15 | — | 175 offered | 414 | 142 |
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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