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School admission preference statistics
Primary schools
| Primary schools | 2025-26 | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 | 2021-22 |
| Total number of applications | 2473 | 2616 | 2610 | 28711 | 2773 |
| Pupils offered first preference school | 2381 (96.3%) |
2452 93.7% |
2541 (93.9%) |
2687 (93.6%) |
2690 (97.0%) |
| Pupils offered second preference school | 65 (2.6%) |
106 4.1% |
117 (4.5%) |
91 (3.2%) |
40 (4.2%) |
| Pupils offered third preference school | 7 (0.3%) |
17 0.6% |
19 (0.7%) |
9 (0.3%) |
7 (0.5%) |
| Pupils allocated a school as not received an offer of first, second or third preference | 20 (0.8%) |
41 1.6% |
23 (0.9%) |
84 (2.9%) |
36 (1.5%) |
| Pupils offered at least one of their preferences | 2473 (99.2%) |
2616 (98.4%) |
2610 (99.1%) |
2871 (97.1%) |
2773 (98.5%) |
| Number of online applications | 2436 (98.5%) |
2573 (98.3%) |
2552 (98.0%) |
2470 (86.0%) |
2508 (90.0)% |
Secondary schools
| Secondary schools | 2025-26 | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 | 2021-22 |
| Total number of applications | 2701 | 2768 | 2909 | 2871 | 2690 |
| Pupils offered first preference school | 2400 (88.9%) |
2417 (87.3%) |
2616 (89.9%) |
2687 (93.6%) |
2607 (96.9%) |
| Pupils offered second preference school | 236 (8.7%) |
173 (6.3%) |
159 (5.5%) |
91 (3.2%) |
40 (1.5%) |
| Pupils offered third preference school | 20 (0.7%) |
55 (2.0%) |
37 (1.3%) |
9 (0.3%) |
7 (0.3%) |
| Pupils allocated a school as not received an offer of first, second or third preference | 45 (1.7%) |
123 (4.4%) |
97 (3.3%) |
84 (2.9%) |
36 (1.3%) |
| Pupils offered at least one of their preferences | 2656 (98.3%) |
2645 (95.6%) |
2812 (96.7%) |
2787 (97.1%) |
2654 (98.7%) |
| Number of online applications | 2683 (99.3%) |
2684 (97%) |
2845 (97.8%) |
2862 (99.7%) |
2642 (98.2%) |
| Number of suspected fraudulent applications | None identified | None identified | One incorrect address | None identified | None identified |
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