Only a handful ended up disappointed, says a report to Wokingham Borough Council.
The report highlights good news for schools in the borough, with none judged by Ofsted to be ‘inadequate.’ In answer to a written question to a meeting of the Executive on January 29, executive member for children’s services Cllr Charlotte Haitham Taylor said that 85% of primary school children were allocated to their first preference school and 98% to one of their four preferred schools to start in September 2014.
An unlucky 45 pupils were allocated to an alternative school because their preferred schools were full.
This was a slight improvement on the previous year, when 83% were allocated to their first preference school and 95% to one of their preferred schools.
In that year, 88 pupils were allocated to an alternative school.
In secondary schools, 84% of borough children were allocated to their first preference and 97% to one of their four preferences. This left 47 disappointed.
In the previous year 86% were given their first choice and 98% were allocated to one of their four preferences. This left 39 disappointed.
Cllr Haitham Taylor said 87.5% of schools were judged by Ofsted to be ‘good or outstanding’ with only 12.5% requiring improvement.
She said: “At this point none are judged to be inadequate. I think that is something that our parents, governors and teachers can celebrate.
“This is a very good picture for all our schools and for all those children who cannot get into their first choice and maybe got one of their fourth choices.” She added: “For the very small proportion of children who didn’t get any of their choices the very good news is that 87.5% of our schools are good or outstanding and this is really, really good news.”
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