All data on this page is provided by Kent County or Medway Council, often under the Freedom of Information Act

 

I now have details of KCC primary admission data for 2011 entry as below

Pupils	2011		2010
	No of pupils	%	No of pupils	%
Offered a named school	15,299	94.2%	14,298	95.8%
Offered first preference	13,801	84.9%	13,118	88%
Offered second preference	1,080	6.7%	842	5.6%
Offered third preference	414	2.6%	329	2.2%
ooc offered fourth pref	4	0.02%	N/A	N/A
Allocated by KCC	768	4.7%	564	3.8%
ooc not offered a place	182	1.1%	67	0.4%
Total of applications	16,249		14,920

 

Early thoughts: These are very disappointing results given that KCC itself warned of pressures on Kent Primary places in 2011. In fact the percentage of children not offered one of their choices and hence have been allocated places by KCC has increased steadily from 1.6% in 2006 to the 4.7% of this year, a 25% increase in the past year.  This is not because parents  are chasing the very popular schools, but overwhelmingly because parents want a reasonable school in their own area. The increase in numbers of 1,329 (which conceals an increase of well over 100 out of county applicants not offered places) was entirely predictable two years ago, yet KCC has had to put in 345 temporary (emergency) places since January. Where is the planning? Biggest problem is likely to be once again in Gravesham and other parts of West and North West Kent, as I warned last summer in Kent on Sunday and Gravesend Reporter.   See below for further information on primary admissions.

For Medway the infant class position is much more positive given the continued fall in numbers. However, their statistics differ slightly from the Kent method of analysis. Also the 2010 system of admission was not coordinated with other Local Authorities and so is not directly comparable.

Pupils	2011		2010
	No of Medway pupils	%	No of pupils	%
Offered a named Medway school	2842	97.4	2873	96.0
Offered first preference	2678	91.8	2775	92.7
Offered second preference	127	4.3	98	3.3
Offered third preference	31	1.1
ooc offered fourth pref	6	0.2
Allocated by Medway	75	2.5	107	3.6
Total of applications	2917		2980

44 out of Medway children (nearly all Kent) were offered places in Medway Primary Schools and 63 Medway children were offered places outside Medway (nearly all Kent).

 

2010 Statistics

Infant class allocations for entry in September 2010 or January 2011 were made in March. The pattern countywide is almost identical to 2009, with 96% of all children being offered a school on there form and 88% being offered their first choice. although of course there may be regional variations.

 

Pupils	2010		2009
Â	No. of pupils	%	No. of pupils	%
Offered a school named on the application form	14,289	96%	14,105	96%
Offered a first preference	13,118	88%	12,998	88%
Offered a second preference	842	6%	810	6%
Offered a third preference	329	2%	297	2%
Allocated by Local Authority	564	3.8%	527	3.6%
Out of County pupils not offered a place	67	0.4%	98	0.6%
Total number of applications	14,920		14,730

 

Kent Primary School Appeals for entry in September 2010 or January 2011

	Number	Successful	Not Successful
Reception Class Appeals	541	69	472
Infant Class Legislation	463	22	441
Other Infant Appeals (Yrs 1& 2)	46	13	33
Infant Class Legislation (Years 1&2)	28	3	25
Junior Class Appeals	71	40	31

Some Reception class appeals are not subject to Infant Class Appeals where the Planned Admission Number does not easily allow classes of 30 to be formed. 15, 20, 45 PANs are all used for split age classes to be put together, comprising 30 children.