Nearly 93 per cent of York children get a place at their first choice of primary school
City of York Council is pleased to announce that almost 93 per cent of York children have got their first preference for a place at a primary school for September 2017.
Figures published today (Tuesday 18 April) detail primary school admission figures for entry to reception for the start of the next school year.
In York, 92.9 per cent got their first preference and 98.3 per cent got one of their first three preferences. For comparison, the percentage of children achieving their first preference was 94.4 per cent in 2016 and 92.3 per cent in 2015.
The number of online applications for primary school places has continued to increase. Parents who applied online will be notified of their child’s place by email at 10am today, letters are being posted today to parents and those with online accounts can log in to the council’s parent portal at www.york.gov.uk/parentportal.
In 2017 all children within the local authority area have secured a primary school place. The majority of children got one of their first three preferences with the number of children whose preferences were not able to be met fell to 25.
This year’s admissions figures, compared with last year’s are outlined below:
|
2016 |
2017 |
|||
|
qty |
% |
qty |
% |
|
|
1st |
1,853 |
94.4% |
1,828 |
92.9% |
|
2nd |
71 |
3.6% |
78 |
4.0% |
|
3rd |
10 |
0.5% |
29 |
1.5% |
|
4th |
1 |
0.1% |
6 |
0.3% |
|
5th |
0 |
0.0% |
2 |
0.1% |
|
Other |
27 |
1.4% |
25 |
1.3% |
|
Total |
1,962 |
100.0% |
1,968 |
100.0% |
|
Applied Online |
1,795 |
91.5% |
1,825 |
92.7% |