Herefordshire secondary school places announced

Parents in Herefordshire join those across England today in finding out which secondary school their child will be attending in September 2023.

Herefordshire Council has made 1810 offers of places in schools across the county compared to 1860 in 2022, with the following parental preference success rates:

First preference:         1640 offers, which is 90.6% of the total offers

Second preference:    120 offers, which is 6.6% of the total offers with a cumulative
                                   success rate of 97.2%           

Third preference:        10 offers, which is 0.55% of the total offers with a cumulative success
                                   rate of 97.8%

This year a slight increase in the numbers of parents getting a school in one of their three preferences (97.8% compared to 96.5% in 2022).

The remaining 39 places offered (2.2%), were to parents whose preferences could not be met and their offer was for the nearest school to their home address with available spaces.

As in previous years, Herefordshire schools continue to be a net importer of pupils, with more pupils from neighbouring counties requesting places in the county’s schools than Herefordshire pupils requesting places in other counties. Herefordshire offering 99 places and neighbouring counties offering 88 places to Herefordshire children.

There are currently as of today’s date 4 Herefordshire secondary schools with waiting lists and 5 have available spaces, the remaining 5 schools are at their PAN (published admissions number for the year group).

17 known pupils who did not apply for a school place will be allocated a place at the nearest school to their home address with spaces at the end of March.

The council has continued to promote its online application service to parents again this year. This year 90.3% applied online compared to 86.3 % last year.