Thousands miss first secondary school choice as demand rises across UK cities
I still don’t understand, why my village requires 4 buses to take less than 20 young people to 4 different secondary schools. There is still something profoundly broke in terms of education policy and this article creates the erroneous impression that rural schools are easier to get into then urban ones. It tells us:
Tens of thousands of children have missed out on their first choice of secondary school this year as pressure on places mounts, with almost half failing to get into their top preference in some areas of London.
Early figures suggest that disappointment among children and their families will be most acute in larger cities, including Birmingham as well as the capital where demand for places is particularly intense as a result of the rising birth rate.
Outside urban areas one in seven pupils have missed out on their first choice of school according to early estimates, though in some areas of the country, including Cornwall, East Riding and Cleveland, virtually every child has got into their top preference.
More than half a million children anxiously went home at the end of school day on Monday – otherwise known as National Offer Day – to find out what secondary school they would be going to in September.