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Secondary school transfer - offers at 1 March 2022

Published: Tuesday, 1st March 2022

Pupils will today find out which secondary school they will attend in September.

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ pupils

15,214 ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ pupils applied to transfer to secondary school, up from 14,108 in 2021.
14,987 (98.5%) Number of applications received online
74,260 Total number of preferences submitted (up 3,801).
14,442 (94.93%) Offered one of their chosen preferences.
759 (4.99%) Offered a school place that was not one of their preferences (up 1.45%).
1,364 Offered a school outside of ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, compared to 1,480 in 2021.

Table showing % of preferences offered

Total Preferences offered

No. 2022

% 2022

No. 2021

% 2021

% Difference from 2021

First

10,771

70.80

10,407

73.77

-2.97

Second

1,990

13.08

1,686

11.95

+1.13

Third

844

5.55

745

5.28

+0.27

Fourth

417

2.74

384

2.72

+0.02

Fifth

254

1.67

266

1.89

-0.22

Sixth

166

1.09

120

0.85

+0.24

Total

14,442

94.93

13,608

96.46

-1.53

Extra district pupils

1,533 Pupils who live in another local authority applied for a place at a ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ school (up 3).
2,836 Preferences were expressed (up 79).
568 Pupils who live in another local authority who applied for a ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ school were offered one of their preferences (down 2.57% from 583).

Table showing % preferences offered for extra district pupils

Total Preferences offered

No. 2022

% 2022

No. 2021

% 2021

% Difference from 2021

First

382

24.92

386

25.23

-0.31

Second

93

6.07

114

7.45

-1.38

Third

56

3.65

49

3.20

+0.45

Fourth

26

1.70

20

1.31

+0.39

Fifth

10

0.65

8

0.52

+0.13

Sixth

1

0.07

6

0.39

-0.32

Total

568

37.05

583

38.01

-0.96