Chantlers Primary School: 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, 64 families put Chantlers Primary School as their first choice and 137 named it as one of their preferences, for 36 places offered. That is 1.8 first choices for every place. 29 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

First-choice demand has risen from 48 in 2021 to 64 in 2026, while places went from 34 to 36.

Bury published that the last place offered for 2026 entry went to a family 0.386 miles away. The cut-off moves every year with the number of applications.

Across Bury, 91% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2025, families in Bury lodged 77 appeals against primary school offers; 32 reached a hearing and 6 succeeded (18.8% of those heard).

Applications and offers by year

Entry year	Places offered	First choices	Named at all	First choices per place	First choices not offered
2026	36	64	137	1.8	29
2025	35	51	106	1.5	16
2024	35	49	97	1.4	14
2023	35	40	105	1.1	7
2022	35	45	98	1.3	10
2021	34	48	110	1.4	14
2020	34	50	129	1.5	17
2019	35	46	109	1.3	15
2018	35	32	93	0.9	0
2017	35	32	112	0.9	8
2016	35	48	129	1.4	15
2015	34	47	112	1.4	15
2014	36	34	83	0.9	1

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
2026	0.39 miles	Bury

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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