Ark Franklin Primary Academy: admissions history
How many families applied, how many places there were, and how far the last place went - every year we hold.
For September 2026 entry, 143 families put Ark Franklin Primary Academy as their first choice and 349 named it as one of their preferences, for 90 places offered. That is 1.6 first choices for every place. 57 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Demand has been fairly steady: 125 first choices in 2021, against 143 in 2026.
15% of applications came from families living in another council area.
Brent published that the last place offered for 2026 entry went to a family 672 metres away. The cut-off moves every year with the number of applications.
Across Brent, 88% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2025, families in Brent lodged 40 appeals against primary school offers; 37 reached a hearing and none succeeded.
Applications and offers by year
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 90 | 143 | 349 | 1.6 | 57 |
| 2025 | 90 | 143 | 340 | 1.6 | 57 |
| 2024 | 89 | 131 | 367 | 1.5 | 49 |
| 2023 | 89 | 100 | 298 | 1.1 | 14 |
| 2022 | 90 | 116 | 322 | 1.3 | 29 |
| 2021 | 90 | 125 | 340 | 1.4 | 39 |
| 2020 | 90 | 140 | 373 | 1.6 | 58 |
| 2019 | 88 | 130 | 355 | 1.5 | 44 |
| 2018 | 90 | 131 | 357 | 1.5 | 49 |
| 2017 | 90 | 124 | 340 | 1.4 | 42 |
| 2016 | 90 | 82 | 275 | 0.9 | 8 |
| 2015 | 90 | 82 | 233 | 0.9 | 3 |
| 2014 | 89 | 53 | 204 | 0.6 | 7 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.
Last distance offered
Figures as each council published them, in the unit it used. The cut-off is not a boundary: it moves every year with the number of applications.