Data set from Primary and secondary school applications and offers

secondary and primary schools applications and offers 2022

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Published 23 June 2022

Last updated 23 June 2022

Number of places and applications: number and proportion of offers by preference rank; number and proportion of offers inside and outside home local authority.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Primary and secondary school applications and offers
• Release: Academic year 2022/23
• Number of rows: 2,912
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • First preference rate
  • Home LA offer rate
  • No offer rate
  • Non preferred offer rate
  • Number made no offer
  • Number of admission places available
  • Number of applications received
  • Number of applications submitted online
  • Number of first preference offers
  • Number of non preferred offers
  • Number of offers in another LA
  • Number of offers in home LA
  • Number of preferences allowed
  • Number of preferred offers
  • Number of second preference offers
  • Number of third preference offers
  • Number of top three preference offers
  • Other LA offer rate
  • Percentage of applications submitted online
  • Preferred offer rate
  • Second preference rate
  • Third preference rate
  • Top three preference rate
  • Total number of offers to non applicants
  • Year of admission
• Filters:
  • School phase
• Time period: 2014/15 to 2022/23

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Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	new_la_code	old_la_code	la_name	school_phase	NC_year_admission	admission_numbers	applications_received	online_applications	online_apps_percent	no_of_preferences	first_preference_offers	first_preference_offers_percent	second_preference_offers	second_preference_offers_percent	third_preference_offers	third_preference_offers_percent	one_of_the_three_preference_offers	one_of_the_three_preference_offers_percent	preferred_school_offer	preferred_school_offer_percent	non_preferred_offer	non_preferred_offer_percent	no_offer	no_offer_percent	schools_in_la_offer	schools_in_la_offer_percent	schools_in_another_la_offer	schools_in_another_la_offer_percent	offers_to_nonapplicants
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Primary	z	704378	576147	554248	96.19906031	z	531179	92.19504744	27559	4.783327866	6513	1.130440669	565251	98.10881598	567097	98.42922032	8398	1.457614116	652	0.113165564	557786	96.81851714	18329	3.181482864	620
202223	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Primary	z	33565	25786	24016	93.13581013	z	24768	96.05212131	612	2.373380904	111	0.430466144	25491	98.85596835	25502	98.89862716	231	0.895834949	53	0.205537889	25330	97.8370027	560	2.162997296	157
202223	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Primary	z	95938	77342	73250	94.70921362	z	71821	92.86157586	3487	4.508546456	744	0.96196116	76052	98.33208347	76109	98.40578211	1194	1.543792506	39	0.050425383	75199	97.10238498	2244	2.89761502	140
202223	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				Primary	z	70717	56813	52403	92.23769208	z	53263	93.75143013	2144	3.773784169	499	0.878320103	55906	98.4035344	56034	98.62883495	731	1.286677345	48	0.084487705	55832	98.30269737	964	1.697302627	31
202223	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Primary	z	62364	48512	46723	96.31225264	z	45969	94.75799802	1703	3.510471636	324	0.667875989	47996	98.93634565	48014	98.97344987	320	0.659630607	178	0.366919525	46915	97.05815421	1422	2.941845791	3

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 26 variables

Variable name	Variable description
admission_numbers	Number of admission places available
applications_received	Number of applications received
first_preference_offers	Number of first preference offers
first_preference_offers_percent	First preference rate
NC_year_admission	Year of admission
no_of_preferences	Number of preferences allowed
no_offer	Number made no offer
no_offer_percent	No offer rate
non_preferred_offer	Number of non preferred offers
non_preferred_offer_percent	Non preferred offer rate
offers_to_nonapplicants	Total number of offers to non applicants
one_of_the_three_preference_offers	Number of top three preference offers
one_of_the_three_preference_offers_percent	Top three preference rate
online_applications	Number of applications submitted online
online_apps_percent	Percentage of applications submitted online
preferred_school_offer	Number of preferred offers
preferred_school_offer_percent	Preferred offer rate
school_phase	School phase - collection phase
schools_in_another_la_offer	Number of offers in another LA
schools_in_another_la_offer_percent	Other LA offer rate
schools_in_la_offer	Number of offers in home LA
schools_in_la_offer_percent	Home LA offer rate
second_preference_offers	Number of second preference offers
second_preference_offers_percent	Second preference rate
third_preference_offers	Number of third preference offers
third_preference_offers_percent	Third preference rate

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If you have a specific enquiry about secondary and primary schools applications and offers 2022 statistics and data:

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Email: school.preference@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Ann Claytor

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