Secondary school transfer - offers at 1 March 2018
Pupils will today find out which secondary school they will attend in September
For Birmingham pupils, this year has seen the number of first preferences increase by almost three per cent (2.82), with those getting one of their preferences increase by 4.2 per cent. The number of online applications rose by 14.6 per cent.
Birmingham pupils
14,775 Birmingham pupils applied to transfer to secondary school
63,677 preferences were expressed
13,980 (98.1%) applications were made on-line (518 SEN applicants cannot apply online)
|
Total Preference Offers |
No. |
% |
% Difference from 2017 |
|
First |
10563 |
71.42 |
+2.82 |
|
Second |
2072 |
14.01 |
+1 |
|
Third |
848 |
5.73 |
-0.37 |
|
Fourth |
529 |
3.58 |
-0.38 |
|
Fifth |
281 |
1.90 |
+0.3 |
|
Sixth |
199 |
1.35 |
+0.25 |
|
Total |
14,492 |
97.99 |
+4.2 |
599 (4.1%) were offered a school that was not one of their preferences
1,619 (11%) were offered a school outside Birmingham
Extra district pupils
1,744 pupils who live in another local authority applied for a place at a Birmingham school
3,121 preferences were expressed
|
Total Preference Offers |
No. |
% |
% Difference from 2017 |
|
First |
460 |
26.4 |
+1.2 |
|
Second |
124 |
7.1 |
+2.2 |
|
Third |
49 |
2.8 |
-1.1 |
|
Fourth |
23 |
1.3 |
-0.7 |
|
Fifth |
6 |
0.3 |
-0.5 |
|
Sixth |
3 |
0.2 |
0 |
|
Total |
665 |
38.1 |
-0.7 |
665 (38.1%) pupils who live in another local authority who applied for a Birmingham school were offered a Birmingham school
