Nearly nine out of ten families in Bath and North East Somerset have been offered a place at their first choice of secondary school for admissions this September.
Bath & North East Somerset Council received 1,881 applications from B&NES residents for secondary school places for admission into the 2023/2024 academic year, slightly down on 1,887 for the previous year.
Of the applications, 98.2% received one of their overall preferences with 91.7% allocated a place at their highest preferred school, making up a total of 1,724 pupils. Last year the figure for first preference was 89.2%.
Figures show 105 pupils received an offer of their second preference of school, 16 pupils their third preference and no pupils their fourth preference or fifth preference.
Thirty-four pupils have not been offered a place at any of their preferences and have instead been offered a place at their next nearest school with a place available, which is known as a referral.
All Bath and North East Somerset pupils who made an on-time application have been offered a place.