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School places
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Freedom of information request to Wokingham Borough Council. Please supply the following information:
1. The number of children applying for a school place and the percentage who did not secure their first choice in 2021, 2022 and 2023 application rounds divided by ward, with year one applications (applications to primary school) and year seven applications (applications to secondary school) distinguished.
Please note we do not have this data by ward:
Primary 2023
• 1st Pref: 88.76%
• 2nd Pref: 6.77%
• 3rd Pref: 1.85%
• 4th Pref: 0.46%
• Divert: 2.15% (42 children)
Number of places allocated 1980
Secondary 2023
• Number of 1st Pref: 77.14%
• Number of 2nd Pref: 12.10%
• Number of 3rd Pref: 4.53%
• Number of 4th Pref: 1.86%
• Number of diverts: 4.37%
Total number of places allocated 2,472
Primary 2022
• 1st Pref: 92.31%
• 2nd Pref: 6.03%
• 3rd Pref: 0.83%
• 4th Pref: 0.21%
• Divert: 0.62% (12 children)
Number of places allocated 1939
Secondary 2022
• Number of 1st Pref: 76.26%
• Number of 2nd Pref: 11.30%
• Number of 3rd Pref: 4.42%
• Number of 4th Pref: 1.78%
• Number of diverts: 6.24%
Primary 2021
• 1st Pref: 87.89%
• 2nd Pref: 7.63%
• 3rd Pref: 2.04%
• 4th Pref: 0.95%
• Divert: 1.49% (30 children)
Number of places allocated 2006
Secondary 2021
• Number of 1st Pref: 76.41%
• Number of 2nd Pref: 11.84%
• Number of 3rd Pref: 4.81%
• Number of 4th Pref: 2.07%
• Number of diverts: 4.86%
Number of places allocated 2077
2. The number of children in Shinfield South ward who
a) were allocated their first choice school and
b) were allocated a second or other choice school
divided between year one applications and year seven applications.
Please see below
3. Please supply the data requested in 2 above for Swallowfield ward.
Reception
• Shinfield
1st pref allocations: 163
other pref allocations: 58
•Swallowfield
1st pref allocations: 24
other pref allocations: 7
Year 7
• Shinfield
1st pref allocations: 101
other pref allocations:50
• Swallowfield
1st pref allocations: 27
other pref allocations: 12
(June 2023 data)
4. For each applicant from Shinfield South ward, please supply postcode, first choice school, school to which they allocated
This information cannot be provided, Data Protection prevents the council sharing this data, as this data is “‘information relating to an identified or identifiable living individual” (Section 3(2) of the DPA 2018) FOI Act (section 40).
5. Please supply the data requested in 4 above for applicants’ resident in Swallowfield ward
This information cannot be provided, Data Protection prevents the council sharing this data, as this data is “‘information relating to an identified or identifiable living individual” (Section 3(2) of the DPA 2018) FOI Act (section 40).
6. Please supply the numbers of children receiving school travel assistance grants in the current year (2022-3) divided by borough ward in which they are resident with children attending primary school and secondary school distinguished.
One who is of secondary school age and has an EHCP. The ward they live in is Shinfield South Ward.
