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In 2025-26, the last place at Lowton Church of England High School went to an applicant living 1.48 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. Lowton Church of England High School has a religious character and we don't hold its admission arrangements, so we can't tell whether faith comes before distance. 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, Lowton Church of England High School received 376 applications for 146 places offered — around 2.6 per place offered. 130 named it as a first preference, or about 0.9 first choices per place offered.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | — | 146 offered | 376 | 130 |
| 2025-26 | 1.48 mi | 145 offered | 338 | 117 |
| 2024-25 | 2.46 mi | 166 offered | 399 | 156 |
| 2023-24 | — | 127 offered | 320 | 112 |
| 2022-23 | — | 161 offered | 348 | 112 |
| 2021-22 | — | 167 offered | 337 | 145 |
| 2020-21 | — | 144 offered | 353 | 131 |
| 2019-20 | — | 159 offered | 376 | 147 |
| 2018-19 | — | 131 offered | 366 | 126 |
| 2017-18 | — | 140 offered | 330 | 139 |
| 2016-17 | — | 109 offered | 371 | 105 |
| 2015-16 | — | 136 offered | 313 | 94 |
| 2014-15 | — | 98 offered | 349 | 84 |
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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