Jonathan Lord – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Lord on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children secured a place at their first choice school in (a) Woking constituency, (b) Surrey, (c) the South East and (d) the UK in the latest period for which data is available.
Edward Timpson
The Department collects data from local authorities in England on how many parents received an offer of a place for their children at one of their preferred secondary or primary schools based on the respective national offer days.
The most recent data relate to the start of the 2016/17 academic year. Figures on the number of children who secured a place at their first choice school for the local authority of Surrey, the region of the South East and for England, are outlined below.
Figures for the UK are not available as Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland run their own separate school application and offer processes.
Number of applications and first choice offers for entry into primary and secondary school for academic year 2016/17
|
Surrey |
South East |
England |
|
|
Number of applications for a primary school place |
13,859 |
104,635 |
641,572 |
|
Of which: number offered their first choice |
11,394 |
90,790 |
566,836 |
|
Percentage offered their first choice |
82.2 |
86.6 |
88.4 |
|
Number of applications for a secondary school place |
11,154 |
88,724 |
548,006 |
|
Of which: number offered their first choice |
9,404 |
76,801 |
460,836 |
|
Percentage offered their first choice |
84.3 |
86.6 |
84.1 |
