Research and guides
What the admissions figures councils and the Department for Education publish say, and how to use them when you apply.
Guide11+ results for September 2027 entry: dates by areaWhen every grammar school test sends results, how, and what to do before 31 October.
GuideSchool applications for September 2027: key dates, offer day and appealsSecondary and primary deadlines, national offer day, waiting lists and appeals in England.
GuideLast distance offered: what it means and how to read itA parent's guide with council examples: catchments, priority groups, straight line or walking route.
ResearchLast year's school cut-off is no safe guideSecondary: only 34% of 320 oversubscribed schools had a last distance offered within 10% of the year before.
ResearchPrimary school cut-offs moved even more than secondaryReception: only 26% of 145 oversubscribed primary schools had a last distance offered within 10% of the year before.
ResearchWhere families are least likely to get their first-choice schoolFirst-preference offer rates for every English council, secondary and primary, 2026.Secondary cut-offs by council, 2026
- Birmingham
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Bradford
- Bristol, City of
- Bromley
- Buckinghamshire
- Coventry
- Dudley
- Gloucestershire
- Hampshire
- Havering
- Hertfordshire
- Hillingdon
- Kirklees
- Leeds
- Luton
- Nottinghamshire
- Richmond upon Thames
- Sefton
- Sheffield
- Solihull
- Staffordshire
- Stockport
- Surrey
- Tameside
- Warwickshire
- West Sussex
Check the schools near you
Catchmently maps every school in England with its Ofsted report, results and the admissions figures councils publish, each linked to its source. Searching is free. The one-off 3-month pass shows each school's last distance offered year by year.