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Secondary school transfer - offers at 1 March 2021

Published: Monday, 1st March 2021

Pupils will today find out which secondary school they will attend in September.

Birmingham pupils

14,108 Birmingham Pupils applied to transfer to secondary school

70,459 Total number of preferences submitted

14,023 (99.4%) Number of applications received on-line

96.46% Offered one of their preferences

500 (3.54%)Offered a school place that was not one of their preferences

1,480 Offered a school outside of Birmingham

Birmingham pupils offers

Total preferences offered

No. 2021

% 2021

% Difference from 2020

First

10,407

73.77

+0.29%

Second

1,686

11.95

+0.23%

Third

745

5.28%

-0.29%

Fourth

384

2.72

-0.05%

Fifth

266

1.89

+0.09%

Sixth

120

0.85

-0.21%

Total

13,608

96.46

+0.06%

Extra district pupils

1,530 pupils who live in another local authority applied for a place at a Birmingham school

2,757 preferences were expressed

583 pupils who live in another local authority who applied for a Birmingham school were offered one of their preferences

Extra district pupils offers

Total Preferences offered

2021

2021%

% Difference from 2020

First

386

25.23

-0.57%

Second

114

7.45

+2.90%

Third

49

3.20

+0.12%

Fourth

20

1.31

-0.16%

Fifth

8

0.52

+0.32%

Sixth

6

0.39

+0.26%

Total

583

38.01

+2.87%

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