Nine out of ten pupils in West Sussex offered first preference secondary school

97.3% of all applicants have been offered one of their three preferences

Author: Jo SymesPublished 2nd Mar 2021

Nearly nine out of ten pupils who applied for a place at a secondary school in West Sussex have been given their first preference school, with 97.3% offered one of their three preferences.

West Sussex figures show:

• All 9,079 pupils who applied have been offered a secondary place for this September

• 7,983 of those applicants (87.9%) will be offered their first preference school, a slight increase on last year

• 97.3% of all applicants will be offered one of their three preferences, the same as last year

Nigel Jupp, Cabinet Member for Education and Skills, said:

“This year’s admissions process has of course had the added difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, so I am especially pleased that we are again able to offer nearly 90% of applicants their first choice school, just as we did last year.

“I hope these students can now begin preparing to make the step to secondary school after what has been such a turbulent 12 months in their education.”

West Sussex County Council said it is aware that a very small number of pupils have not been offered a place at one of their preferred schools.

Parents, carers and students who wish to discuss their offer are being advised to contact its admissions teams, who are available to talk through their options:

You can either call 03330142903 or contact the Pupil Admission office here.

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