More than three-quarters of families in North Yorkshire get first choice of secondary school
A total of 88 per cent of parents and carers in North Yorkshire secured their first secondary school preference for their child, continuing the high percentages of recent years.
In total, 93 per cent of all families in the county who requested a school place received an offer from the County Council for one of their top three preferences of secondary school.
This year’s cohort of North Yorkshire’s pupils transferring to secondary school was 6,205.
Amanda Newbold, Assistant Director for Education and Skills said:
“Once again, so many of our families have gained the first preference from their choice of schools, which is great news.
“We work alongside schools across the county to ensure they deliver the highest standards of education and so that children and young people can get the best possible start in life.”
Within North Yorkshire parents have the ability to preference up to five schools on their Common Application Form. Unfortunately, this year there has been a number of parents who have not made full use of this opportunity to select up to five schools and there has also been a rise in the number of parents of Year 6 children who have not completed a Common Application Form for a secondary place.
This has meant that the County Council, who must ensure that each child is allocated a school place on national offer day, has had to place children in schools which in some cases are further way from their home. Despite this, the admissions team have said every effort will be made to accommodate parental wishes if they contact them following national allocation day.
For children currently in Year 5 who are due to start secondary school in September 2023, parents and carers can apply from September 12, 2022 and they are urged make use of the opportunity to list five school preferences on the form.
For more details visit; www.northyorks.gov.uk/schooladmissions or email; schooladmssions@northyorks.gov.uk
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