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In 2026-27, the last place at St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield went to an applicant living 4.41 miles from the school. St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield ranks faith before distance, so this distance describes children who meet its faith priorities; a family with no faith priority comes after them. 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, St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield received 453 applications for 233 places offered — around 1.9 per place offered. 258 named it as a first preference, or about 1.1 first choices per place offered.
| Year | Last distance offered | Places | Applications | 1st preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | — | 240 | — | — |
| 2026-27 | 4.41 mi | 233 offered | 453 | 258 |
| 2025-26 | 1.91 mi | 227 offered | 387 | 223 |
| 2024-25 | All 240 places were allo… | 236 offered | 404 | 222 |
| 2023-24 | — | 231 offered | 401 | 229 |
| 2022-23 | — | 233 offered | 408 | 228 |
| 2021-22 | — | 235 offered | 439 | 246 |
| 2020-21 | — | 234 offered | 446 | 259 |
| 2019-20 | — | 234 offered | 474 | 273 |
| 2018-19 | — | 234 offered | 394 | 230 |
| 2017-18 | — | 236 offered | 438 | 267 |
| 2016-17 | — | 237 offered | 445 | 265 |
| 2015-16 | — | 238 offered | 496 | 277 |
| 2014-15 | — | 236 offered | 493 | 277 |
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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