Feversham Girls' Secondary 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, 191 families put Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy as their first choice and 467 named it as one of their preferences, for 123 places offered. That is 1.6 first choices for every place. 78 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Demand has been fairly steady: 188 first choices in 2021, against 191 in 2026.
Bradford published that the last place offered for 2026 entry went to a family 1.482 miles away. The cut-off moves every year with the number of applications.
Across Bradford, 78% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 94% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2025, families in Bradford lodged 756 appeals against secondary school offers; 583 reached a hearing and 78 succeeded (13.4% 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 | 123 | 191 | 467 | 1.6 | 78 |
| 2025 | 128 | 240 | 518 | 1.9 | 120 |
| 2024 | 125 | 211 | 501 | 1.7 | 97 |
| 2023 | 133 | 197 | 501 | 1.5 | 78 |
| 2022 | 119 | 190 | 473 | 1.6 | 80 |
| 2021 | 120 | 188 | 509 | 1.6 | 87 |
| 2020 | 118 | 189 | 502 | 1.6 | 81 |
| 2019 | 120 | 222 | 529 | 1.9 | 122 |
| 2018 | 120 | 230 | 531 | 1.9 | 125 |
| 2017 | 121 | 270 | 610 | 2.2 | 167 |
| 2016 | 119 | 220 | 563 | 1.8 | 125 |
| 2015 | 120 | 218 | 567 | 1.8 | 113 |
| 2014 | 121 | 238 | 582 | 2.0 | 135 |
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 | 1.48 miles | Bradford |
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.