Seven in eight Brighton and Hove children have been given places at their first preference primary school this year, with 2.4% not given a place at any of their schools of choice.
Letters and emails are going out today to families to let them know which school their children have a place at in September.
The number of children given first place preference schools has stayed roughly the same as last year, and the number of children not getting into any schools of choice has dropped from 117 to 75.
The chair of the council’s children, young people and skills committee, Councillor Tom Bewick, said: “I’m delighted that we’ve been able to offer the vast majority of local families their first choice school.
“As a father of three children myself I know just how important school place allocations are for our residents.”
The figures for this year (2016-17) are:
First preferences allocated 2,470 pupils or 87.9%
Second preferences allocated 197 pupils or 7%
Third preferences allocated 67 pupils or 2.4%
Direction (= no preference met) 75 (2.4%) pupils
Total applications 2809
The figures for last year (2015-6) were:
First preferences allocated 2,509 pupils or 87.8%
Second preferences allocated 172 pupils or 6%
Third preferences allocated 60 pupils or 2.1%
Direction (= no preference met) 117 (4.1%) pupils
