Reception National Offer Day Statistics 2024
Details of the reception national offer day for ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½
This article includes reception statistics for September 2024 for the offers made as of 16th April 2024.
ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Pupils for Reception 2024:
- The total number of applications for school places in ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ is 12581 (a decrease of 77 applications from 17th April 2023)
- 12465 ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ pupils applied online for a Reception place for September 2024 (a decrease of 50 for online applications compared to last year).
- There are an additional 41 SEN (Special Education Needs and Review) & 18 deferred Entry paper applications, a total of 59.
- There were a further 57 Paper Applications (includes those taken over from Other Local Authorities).
- 98.99% of applicants were offered one of their preferences.
Total Preference Offered |
Number |
Shown as a % of Total |
% Difference from 2023 |
First |
11511 |
91.49% |
+0.52% |
Second |
698 |
5.55% |
-0.49% |
Third |
187 |
1.49% |
-0.18% |
LA Placed offers |
126 |
1.00% |
+0.06% |
Deferred (17) & SEN (41) |
58 |
0.46% |
+0.08% |
Total |
12581 |
99.99% * |
|
* One deferred entry child didn’t meet the requirements to be offered a preference School and couldn’t be offered an alternative due to being out of cohort.
489 (3.89%) ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ children were offered a school place in neighbouring authorities (-0.02% compared to last year).
Other Local Authority Children Applying to ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Schools:
- 446 pupils who live in another local authority applied for a place at a ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ school (+20 compared to last year). The table below shows the percentage of children offered each preference out of the total number of applicants (446).
Total Preference Offers |
Preferences expressed |
Number offered |
% (pref expressed) |
% Difference from 2023 |
First |
247 |
190 |
42.6% |
+0.58% |
Second |
151 |
11 |
2.47% |
-1.52% |
Third |
151 |
2 |
0.45% |
-1.19% |
Other Pref |
90 |
2 |
0.45% |
+0.45% |
Total |
639 |
205 |
45.97% |
-1.68% |