More Devon families have got a place in their first choice primary school this September.
Figures published today (Tuesday 16 April) reveal that 6,863 applications were made across the county.
The new figures show that 97 per cent of the families who applied to us for a place in a mainstream county primary have got their first preference – that’s up on last year’s figure of 96.7 per cent.
Another 2.1 per cent were offered one of their other preferences.
That means 99.1 per cent of applications were successful in achieving one of their three preferred schools – up from 98.8 per cent last year.
Parents will be notified of their places today (Tues) and our admissions team will be available to deal with enquiries supported by the schools team at our Customer Service Centre.
Our Cabinet member for schools, Andrew Leadbetter, said:
“It is very gratifying that we have been able to enable more families to achieve their first preference school this year and accommodate the vast majority of children in one of their preferred schools.
“This is a testament to the hard work of the dedicated staff who work in our admissions and school place planning teams and the partnership and cooperation we have received from the headteachers and governors of Devon’s primary schools.
“We anticipate this will see Devon as one of the highest performing local authorities nationally and we expect to see these figures rise still further during the run up the new academic year as people’s plans change and appeals are heard.”
