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It does not mean an address is outside one.","zones":[{"category":"SN","name":"Mercia School","in_force_from":2025,"area_km2":95.179,"live_postcodes":4559,"postcodes_within_50m_of_edge":143,"overlaps_catchments_of":["Bradfield School","High Storrs School","King Ecgbert School","King Edward VII School","Meadowhead School Academy Trust","Newfield Secondary School","Sheffield Springs Academy","Silverdale School","Tapton School & Sixth Form"]}]},"how_places_were_allocated":[{"intake_year":2026,"published_admission_number":null,"offers_made":194,"oversubscribed":true,"last_criterion":null,"furthest_offer_metres":1454.8,"furthest_offer_miles":0.9,"distance_measure":"straight_line","source_document":"Oversubscribed secondary schools, September 2026 entry, Sheffield City Council"}],"how_the_places_were_shared_out":[{"intake_year":2026,"entry_point":"year_7","children_accounted_for":194,"note":"The council's own name for each of its admission rules, and how many children were admitted under it. 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