Data set from Primary and secondary school applications and offers

Secondary and primary schools applications and offers 2024

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Published 13 June 2024

Last updated 13 June 2024

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 2024/25
• Number of rows: 3,562
• 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 2024/25

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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
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Primary	z	692447	555643	535396	96.35611355	z	517620	93.1569371	24742	4.45285912	5242	0.943411507	547604	98.55320773	548926	98.79113028	6341	1.141200375	376	0.067669349	537554	96.70550689	18313	3.294493107	600
202425	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Primary	z	33313	24786	22952	92.60066166	z	23878	96.33664165	589	2.376341483	86	0.346970064	24553	99.0599532	24564	99.10433309	190	0.766561769	32	0.12910514	24350	97.830454	540	2.169546002	136
202425	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Primary	z	95292	75385	70620	93.67911388	z	70569	93.61146117	3135	4.158652252	622	0.825097831	74326	98.59521125	74365	98.64694568	975	1.293360748	45	0.059693573	73294	97.14119097	2157	2.858809028	111
202425	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				Primary	z	70224	54472	51440	94.43383757	z	51607	94.7404171	1995	3.662432075	293	0.537891027	53895	98.9407402	53958	99.05639595	473	0.868336026	41	0.075268028	53458	98.16191998	1001	1.838080024	28
202425	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Primary	z	61879	47154	45354	96.18272045	z	44935	95.2941426	1579	3.348602452	211	0.447469992	46725	99.09021504	46744	99.13050855	404	0.856767188	6	0.012724265	45709	96.87804671	1473	3.121953287	34

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

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