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Schools: Admissions

Commons · Question 7056 · Tabled 4 Jun 2026 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 10 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils placed on waiting lists for oversubscribed schools subsequently received an offer of a place in each of the last five years.

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 10 Jun 2026

In 2025, 92.6% of families were offered their first-choice primary school and 98.6% received offers from one of their top three choices. At secondary level, 83.5% of families were offered their first-choice school and 94.9% received offers from one of the...