Chandlers Ridge 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, 32 families put Chandlers Ridge Academy as their first choice and 81 named it as one of their preferences, for 35 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places, so in 2026 a family who put it first could expect an offer unless the school's other criteria ruled them out.

First-choice demand has fallen from 45 in 2021 to 32 in 2026, while places went from 48 to 35.

16% of applications came from families living in another council area.

Middlesbrough published that the last place offered for 2023 entry went to a family 3.429 miles away. The cut-off moves every year with the number of applications.

Across Middlesbrough, 96% 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 Middlesbrough lodged 45 appeals against primary school offers; 30 reached a hearing and 9 succeeded (30% of those heard).

Applications and offers by year

Entry year	Places offered	First choices	Named at all	First choices per place
2026	35	32	81	0.9
2025	45	42	101	0.9
2024	45	44	98	1.0
2023	37	36	103	1.0
2022	38	37	91	1.0
2021	48	45	98	0.9
2020	36	36	91	1.0
2019	35	35	74	1.0
2018	44	43	74	1.0

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

Entry year	Last place offered	Published by
2023	3.43 miles	Middlesbrough
2022	160.00 miles	Middlesbrough

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.

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