Thousands of children across the Island are being offered places at secondary schools this week, with 79% of parents offered a place for their child at their first choice school.
Children up and down the country, including here on the Isle of Wight, are learning which secondary school they will attend for the 2021/22 academic year and beyond.
The Isle of Wight Council received a total of 1,307 applications on time. Of those, 984 (79%) have received their first choice for September, 123 (10%) their second choice and 25 (2%) their third choice.
Every applicant has been offered a place at a school.
Councillor Paul Brading, Cabinet member for children’s services, education and skills, has said:
“I’m really pleased to see that the vast majority of applicants gained a place at one of their preferred schools, with most getting their first choice.
“We know starting secondary school can be an anxious time for families, and we do all we can to make the application process as straightforward as possible while meeting families’ choices in the vast majority of cases.”
it would be 100% if there weren’t so many benefit hutches being built and advertised for sale on the mainland.
It would be 242% if disgusting poor people didn’t have to
live here, I can’t believe people actually want to live here and it’s almost as if few houses in new developments are affordable or social housing anyways, new developments aren’t going to drug users and criminals they’re going to the people who can afford to pay for them