School offer day in B&NES

School offer day in B&NES

Almost every family in Bath and North East Somerset has been offered one of their overall preferences for primary school places in 2019-20.

Figures out today show 99 per cent of applications received one of their overall preferences with 93.6 per cent getting their first preference of primary school.

The total number of applications received from Bath and North East Somerset residents was 1,790.

Of them 1,675 children got their first preference school, 71 pupils were offered their second preference and 26 pupils offered their third preference.

Figure show 18 pupils were not offered a place at any of their preferences and were offered a place at their next nearest school with a place available. This process is known as referrals.

In 2018 the number of children offered their first place was 94.9 per cent.

Margaret Simmons- Bird, director of Education Transformation, said: “Selecting primary school is an important first step for parents and carers. We have a good and effective range of primary schools in Bath and North East Somerset and 99 per cent of applications for this year got one of their overall preferences.”

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