St Pius X Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary 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, 15 families put St Pius X Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy as their first choice and 24 named it as one of their preferences, for 21 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 23 in 2021 to 15 in 2026, while places went from 27 to 21.

Middlesbrough published that the last place offered for 2023 entry went to a family 0.218 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	21	15	24	0.7
2025	22	19	35	0.9
2024	14	12	21	0.9
2023	26	25	43	1.0
2022	40	40	54	1.0
2021	27	23	36	0.9
2020	26	24	45	0.9
2019	26	24	32	0.9

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	0.22 miles	Middlesbrough
2022	0.45 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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