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Reception National Offer Day Statistics 2024

Published: Monday, 15th April 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%