School admission preference statistics

Primary schools

Primary schools

2026-27

2025-26

2024-25

2023-24

2022-23

Total number of applications

2469

2473

2616

2610

2871

Pupils offered first preference school

2364
(95.7%)

2381
(96.3%)

2452
93.7%

2541
(93.9%)

2687
(93.6%)

Pupils offered second preference school

79
(3.2%)

65
(2.6%)

106
4.1%

117
(4.5%)

91
(3.2%)

Pupils offered third preference school

8
(0.3%)

7
(0.3%)

17
0.6%

19
(0.7%)

9
(0.3%)

Pupils allocated a school as not received an offer of first, second or third preference

18
(0.7%)

20
(0.8%)

41
1.6%

23
(0.9%)

84
(2.9%)

Pupils offered at least one of their preferences

2451
(99.3%)

2473
(99.2%)

2616
(98.4%)

2610
(99.1%)

2871
(97.1%)

Number of online applications

2440
(98.83%)

2436
(98.5%)

2573
(98.3%)

2552
(98.0%)

2470
(86.0%)

Secondary schools 

Secondary schools

2026-27

2025-26

2024-25

2023-24

2022-23

Total number of applications

2745

2701

2768

2909

2871

Pupils offered first preference school

2505
(91.3%)

2400
(88.9%)

2417
(87.3%)

2616
(89.9%)

2687
(93.6%)

Pupils offered second preference school

174
(6.3%)

236
(8.7%)

173
(6.3%)

159
(5.5%)

91 
(3.2%)

Pupils offered third preference school

18
(0.7%)

20
(0.7%)

55
(2.0%)

37
(1.3%)

9
(0.3%)

Pupils allocated a school as not received an offer of first, second or third preference

48
(1.7%)

45
(1.7%)

123
(4.4%)

97
(3.3%)

84
(2.9%)

Pupils offered at least one of their preferences

2697
(98.3%)

2656
(98.3%)

2645
(95.6%)

2812
(96.7%)

2787
(97.1%)

Number of online applications

2724
(99.2%)

2683
(99.3%)

2684
(97%)

2845
(97.8%)

2862
(99.7%)

Number of suspected fraudulent applications

None identified

None identified

None identified

One incorrect address

None identified