The allocation of Isle of Wight primary school places has been announced, with 99% of Island parents gaining a school of their choice.
In total, 1,136 applications were received by the Isle of Wight Council this year. Of these, 96% of applications achieved first choice, 3% achieved second choice and 0.3% achieved third choice.
There are no children without a school place.
Councillor Paul Brading, Cabinet member for children’s services, education and skills, said:
“We’re absolutely delighted 99% of parents gained a school of their choice. We wish all our youngsters starting primary school in September all the very best.”
Most schools on the Island are currently open to provide a service for key workers and vulnerable children during the coronavirus pandemic.
However, parents wanting to contact the school where their child has secured a place should first visit https://www.iow.gov.uk/Council/OtherServices/School-Admissions/Starting-School-Primary-2020 where more information is being provided.
Many parents would likely send them anywhere, so long as they are rid of them, after being locked inside, having to entertain their little delights.
How does it go…. I wouldn’t be without them……….But….
so we will travel from one side of the island to a school on the other side by car
Delighted, Mr Brading, but what about the other side of this coin? We have permissions for some 52 reception classes, and built capacity for even more, in some 40 IOW primary schools for 1136 reception pupils (average class size 21.85). Teachers can manage 30 pupils per class with no material disadvantage to learning. How do we justify keeping all these inefficient schools? Is this how we should be spending taxpayers’ money? What’s the plan?