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School admission preference statistics

Primary schools

Primary schools 2025-26 2024-25 2023-24 2022-23 2021-22
Total number of applications 2473 2616 2610 28711 2773
Pupils offered first preference school 2381
(96.3%)		 2452
93.7%		 2541
(93.9%)		 2687
(93.6%)		 2690
(97.0%)
Pupils offered second preference school 65
(2.6%)		 106
4.1%		 117
(4.5%)		 91
(3.2%)		 40
(4.2%)
Pupils offered third preference school 7
(0.3%)		 17
0.6%		 19
(0.7%)		 9
(0.3%)		 7
(0.5%)
Pupils allocated a school as not received an offer of first, second or third preference 20
(0.8%)		 41
1.6%		 23
(0.9%)		 84
(2.9%)		 36
(1.5%)
Pupils offered at least one of their preferences 2473
(99.2%)		 2616
(98.4%)		 2610
(99.1%)		 2871
(97.1%)		 2773
(98.5%)
Number of online applications 2436
(98.5%)		 2573
(98.3%)		 2552
(98.0%)		 2470
(86.0%)		 2508
(90.0)%

Secondary schools 

Secondary schools 2025-26 2024-25 2023-24 2022-23 2021-22
Total number of applications 2701 2768 2909 2871 2690
Pupils offered first preference school 2400
(88.9%)		 2417
(87.3%)		 2616
(89.9%)		 2687
(93.6%)		 2607
(96.9%)
Pupils offered second preference school 236
(8.7%)		 173
(6.3%)		 159
(5.5%)		 91 
(3.2%)		 40
(1.5%)
Pupils offered third preference school 20
(0.7%)		 55
(2.0%)		 37
(1.3%)		 9
(0.3%)		 7
(0.3%)
Pupils allocated a school as not received an offer of first, second or third preference 45
(1.7%)		 123
(4.4%)		 97
(3.3%)		 84
(2.9%)		 36
(1.3%)
Pupils offered at least one of their preferences 2656
(98.3%)		 2645
(95.6%)		 2812
(96.7%)		 2787
(97.1%)		 2654
(98.7%)
Number of online applications 2683
(99.3%)		 2684
(97%)		 2845
(97.8%)		 2862
(99.7%)		 2642
(98.2%)
Number of suspected fraudulent applications None identified None identified One incorrect address None identified None identified