Size of Kent Year 6 Cohort | |||
Year | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
Total number of pupils
in the cohort
|
18,193 | 17,658 | 16,904 |
Three weeks ago I wrote an article about the OFSTED failures of two Catholic schools, and appended a comment about problems with admission numbers at St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School in Chatham. However, it looks as if those who have stuck with the school are on a winner, as OFSTED has Reported that the school as having a GOOD standard of education, up from the previous 'Satisfactory' two years ago. St John Fisher is supported by St Paul's Academy in Greenwich, whose Principal spends one and a half days weekly at St John Fisher. Strong leadership is clearly a major factor in the turn-around, OFSTED recording: "The headteacher and the leadership team are passionate about driving up standards at the school.......
Last updated: August 2015
Please note that there are discrepancies between some of these tables, as some area cross calender years, some academic years and some decisions run from one year to the next.
Pattern of application for statements in Kent: Calendar Years 2010 - 2014
The remainder of the data in the two tables immediately below are waiting on a Freedom of Information request.
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |
Requests for a statutory assessment of SEN | |||||
Statutory assessments carried out | 905 | ||||
New Statements of SEN or EHC Plans issued | 195 | ||||
% of primary School pupils with statement | |||||
% of secondary school pupils with statement |
|
Pattern of application for statements in Medway: Calendar Years 2010 - 2014
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |
Requests for a statutory assessment of SEN | |||||
Statutory assessments carried out | 880 | ||||
New Statements of SEN or EHC Plans issued | 190 | ||||
% of primary School pupils with statement | |||||
% of secondary school pupils with statement |
Children with Statements of SEN or EHC Plans in Kent and Medway, based on where child attends school as of 1st January
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |||||||||
Total
Pupils
|
Pupils with
Statements
|
%
|
Total
Pupils
|
Pupils with
Statements
|
%
|
Total
Pupils
|
Statements |
EHC
Plans
|
Total | % | |
ENGLAND | 8,249,800 | 230,155 | 2.79 | 233,430 | 235,980 | 4,205 | 240,185 | ||||
SOUTH
EAST
|
1,336,155 |
38,130
|
2.85
|
|
38,815
|
|
|
39,190
|
655
|
39,845
|
|
KENT | 235,320 | 6,270 | 2.66 | 6,450 | 6,655 | 230 | 6,885 | ||||
MEDWAY | 44,413 | 1,410 | 3.17 | 1,410 | 1,415 | 85 | 1,500 |
New Statements & EHC plans Issued during Calendar Year (Government data)
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |||
|
Statements
|
Statements
|
Statements
|
EHC Plans
|
Total
|
England | 28,635 | 29,110 | 25,780 | 1,360 | 27,140 |
South East | 4,895 | 4,600 | 4,350 | 235 | 4,585 |
Kent | 885 | 790 | 795 | 85 | 880 |
Medway | 120 | 125 | 125 | 65 | 190 |
Children assessed for Statements or EHC Plans Calendar Year 2014
Total children assessed
for SEN during 2014
|
Children assessed for
whom no statement was issued
|
Total New Statements
or EHC Plans
|
|||
Number | Number | % | Number | % | |
England | 28,190 | 1,,050 | 3.7 | 27140 | 96.3 |
South East | 4,695 | 110 | 2.3 | 4,585 | 97.7 |
Kent | 905 | 25 | 3.0 | 880 | 97.0 |
Medway | 195 | 5 | 1.0 | 190 | 99.0 |
% of children with statements or EHC Plans on 1st January 2015 by each type of provision
% of children with statements or EHC Plans on 1st January 2015 by each type of provision | |||||||||
|
SEN Units
|
Mainstream
|
Academies &
Free Schools
|
Special Schools
|
Academy & Free School
Special Schools
|
Non-Maintained Schools
including Special Schools
|
Hospital Schools
& Pupil Referral Units
|
Educated Other
Than in School
|
Awaiting
Provision
|
England | 2.1 | 32.7 | 15.9 | 34.5 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 |
South East | 2.8 | 30.5 | 13.1 | 37.0 | 5.3 | 8.4 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
Kent | 6.2 | 25.1 | 8.5 | 48.1 | X | 8.1 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
Medway | 8.3 | 7.3 | 26.1 | 26.3 | 20.2 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
Percentage of Statements Issued within 26 weeks of assessment
There are certain cases which are defined as exceptions, and are not required to be completed within 26 weeks of assessment. These are also shown in the tble below
% Excluding Exceptions | % Including Exceptions | |||
2013 | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | |
England | 89.7 | 89.0 | 81.8 | 79.1 |
South East | 94.6 | 85.0 | 87.8 | 79.8 |
Kent | 95.6 | 90.4 | 92.2 | 84.7 |
Medway | 98.0 | 85.7 | 90.2 | 77.0 |
From the above tables, it is clear that Kent has a much higher proportion of children in Special provision than the national norm, reflecting its commitment to such provision. Medway appears to have a higher proportion than the norm who successfully follow an assessment through to a statement and a much higher percentage of children in SEN Units in mainstream schools than the national norm.
Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal
I am currently awaiting the results of two Freedom of Information Request to provide up to date data for the following two tables.
For 2012/3 appeals registered: nationally, there were 4.4 per 10,00 of school population; in the South East there were 6.2; in Kent there were 9.1 and in Medway 8.3.
Appeal Registered | National | Kent | Medway | ||||
Number |
%
|
Number |
|
Number |
%
|
||
Against refusal to assess | |||||||
Against refusal to make a statement | |||||||
Against refusal to re-assess | |||||||
Against refusal to change name of school | |||||||
Against decision to cease to maintain statement |
|
|
|||||
Against school named in statement | |||||||
Against failure to name a school | |||||||
Against contents of the statement - parts 2 & or 3 (sometimes with 4) | |||||||
Against contents of the statement - part 4 | |||||||
Total Appeals Registered |
Where decisions were reached by Tribunals, these were as follows.
Outcome | Number of Decisions | ||
National | Kent | Medway | |
Dismiss Appeal | |||
Order LA to make and Maintain a Statement | |||
Remit Case to LA to Consider | |||
Order LA to continue to Maintain a Statement | |||
Order LA to cease to maintain a Statement | |||
Order LA to name parent's preferred school | |||
Order LA to make a reassessment | |||
Order LA to change School named | |||
Uphold Part of Complaint | |||
Upheld Parts 2,3 & 4 | |||
Upheld Part 4 | |||
Appeal Struck Out | |||
Total |
All data on this page is provided by Kent County Council, often under the Freedom of Information Act. Many thanks to officers for their co-operation.
Kent Secondary Transfer 2017
Kent Test Results 2016 For Admission in 2017 | ||||||||
Kent Schools | Out of County | |||||||
Boys | Girls | Total | Boys | Girls | Total | Other | Total | |
Assessed Suitable for Grammar Admission 2017 |
4369 | 2145 | 23 | 6537 | ||||
Assessed Suitable for Grammar Admission 2016 |
2105 | 2177 | 4282 | 1025 | 940 | 1966 | 11 | 6259 |
Assessed Suitable for Grammar Admission 2015 |
1963 | 2080 | 4043 | 807 | 889 | 1696 | 14 | 5753 |
Notes: (1) I don't yet have data for boys and girls differentiated, but will include this as soon as it is available
(2) 'Other' includes children who are home educated.
Kent Secondary Transfer 2016
Kent Secondary School Allocations: March 2016 | ||||||||
Kent pupils | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||
No. of
Pupils
|
% |
No. of
Pupils
|
% |
No.of
Pupils
|
% |
No.of
Pupils
|
% | |
Offered a first preference | 13,159 | 81.4% | 12,796 | 80.5% | 13,092 | 83.6 | 12,754 | 84.2% |
Offered a second preference | 1,840 | 11.4% | 1,612 | 10.1% | 1,512 | 9.6% | 1,456 | 9.6% |
Offered a third preference | 549 | 3.4% | 478 | 3.1% | 478 | 3.1% | 448 | 3.0% |
Offered a fourth preference | 196 | 1.2% | 181 | 1.1% | 181 | 1.2% | 129 | 0.9% |
Allocated by Local Authority | 428 | 2.7% | 641 | 4.0% | 404 | 2.6% | 357 | 2.3% |
Total number of Kent pupils offered | 16172 | 15894 | 15,667 | 15144 |
Out of County Applicants to Kent Secondary Schools 2016 | ||||
Year | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
Out of county applicants | 2,624 | 2,299 | 1,991 | 1,760 |
Offers to out of county pupils at Kent schools | 803 | 757 | 602 | 589 |
Size of Kent Year 6 Cohort | |||
Year | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
Total number of pupils in the cohort | 18,193 | 17,658 | 16,904 |
Kent Test Results 2015 For Admission in 2016 | ||||||||
Kent Schools | Out of County | |||||||
Boys | Girls | Total | Boys | Girls | Total | Other | Total | |
Assessed Suitable for
Grammar Admission 2016
|
2105 | 2177 | 4282 | 1025 | 940 | 1965 | 11 | 6258 |
Assessed Suitable for
Grammar Admission 2015
|
1963 | 2080 | 4043 | 807 | 889 | 1696 | 14 | 5753 |
Kent Secondary Transfer 2015
Kent Secondary School Allocations: March 2015 | ||||||||
Kent pupils | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||
No. of
Pupils
|
% |
No.of
Pupils
|
% |
No.of
Pupils
|
% |
No.of
Pupils
|
% | |
Offered a first preference | 12,796 | 80.5% | 13,092 | 83.6 | 12,754 | 84.2% | 12,613 | 82.8% |
Offered a second preference | 1,612 | 10.1% | 1,512 | 9.6% | 1,456 | 9.6% | 1,481 | 9.7% |
Offered a third preference | 478 | 3.1% | 478 | 3.1% | 448 | 3.0% | 505 | 3.3% |
Offered a fourth preference | 181 | 1.1% | 181 | 1.2% | 129 | 0.9% | 183 | 1.2% |
Allocated by Local Authority | 641 | 4.03% | 404 | 2.6% | 357 | 2.3% | 443 | 2.9% |
Total number of Kent pupils offered | 15894 | 15,667 | 15144 | 15,225 |
Out of County Applicants to Kent Secondary Schools 2015 | ||||
Year | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
Out of county applicants | 2,299 | 1,991 | 1,760 | 1792 |
Offers to out of county pupils at Kent schools | 757 | 602 | 589 | 560 |
Size of Kent Year 6 Cohort | |||
Year | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
Total number of pupils
in the cohort
|
18,193 | 17,658 | 16,904 |
Kent and Medway School Appeal Outcomes 2015 | ||||
2015 | 2014 | |||
Appeals Held | Number | % Upheld | Number | % Upheld |
Kent Non-Selective | 484 | 30% | 335 | 33% |
Kent Grammar | 1587 | 37% | 1667 | 42% |
Medway Non-Selective | 178 | 34% | 122 | 24% |
Medway Grammar | 245 | 40% | 226 | 47% |
TOTAL SECONDARY | 2494 | 35% | 2350 | 40% |
Kent Primary | 292 | 0.7% | 340 | 1.5% |
Medway Primary | 63 | 1.6% | 65 | 0% |
Kent Test Results 2014, for Admission in September 2015 |
||||||
boys |
girls |
total |
% boys |
% girls |
Total % |
|
Attending primary schools In Area |
6895 |
6528 | 13423 | 51% | 49% | 100% |
In area Number who sat sat test* |
4336 |
4415 | 8751 | 63% | 68% | 65% |
Automatic Pass |
1383 |
1378 | 2761 | 20% | 21% | 21% |
Headteacher Assessment (HTA) |
799 |
900 | 1699 | 47% | 53% | 100% |
HTA Passes |
365 |
471 | 836 | 5% | 7% | 6% |
Total In Area Passes |
1748 |
1849 | 3597 | 25.4% | 28.3% | 26.8% |
Attending primary schools in Kent |
7986 |
7608 | 15594 | |||
Sat Kent Test |
4883 |
5004 | 9887 | |||
Automatic Pass |
1555 | 1557 | 3112 | 19% | 20% | 20% |
Headteacher Assessment (HTA) |
900 |
994 | 1894 | 11% | 13% | 12% |
HTA Passes |
408 |
522 | 930 | 4.5% | 5.3% | |
Total Kent Passes |
1963 |
2079 | 4042 | 25.0% | 27.9% | 26.4% |
Out of County Tested |
1324 |
1387 | 2711 | |||
Out of County Automatic Pass |
680 |
658 | 1338 | |||
OOC Headteacher Assessment |
80 |
88 |
168 |
|||
OOC HTA Pass |
35 | 45 | 80 | |||
Total OOC Passes** |
716 |
778 | 1494 |
Kent Secondary Transfer 2014
You will find further commentary here, and about oversubscription and vacancies here.
Kent pupils | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | |||
No.of
Pupils
|
% |
No.of
Pupils
|
% |
No.of
Pupils
|
% | |
Offered a first
preference
|
13,092 | 83.6 | 12,754 | 84.2 | 12,613 | 82.8% |
Offered a second
preference
|
1,512 | 9.6% | 1,456 | 9.6% | 1,481 | 9.7% |
Offered a third
preference
|
478 | 3.1% | 448 | 3.0% | 505 | 3.3% |
Offered a fourth
preference
|
181 | 1.2% | 129 | 0.9% | 183 | 1.2% |
Allocated by Local
Authority
|
404 | 2.6% | 357 | 2.3% | 443 | 2.9% |
Total number of Kent
pupils offered
|
15,667 | 15144 | 15,225 |
Year | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
Out of county
applicants
|
1,991 | 1,760 | 1792 |
Offers to out of county
pupils at Kent schools
|
602 | 589 | 560 |
Year | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
Total number of pupils
in the cohort
|
17,658 | 16,904 |
Kent Grammar School Assessments for Year 6 children, for Admission in September 2014*
You will find commentary here.
boys |
girls |
total |
% boys |
% girls |
Total % |
|
Attending primary schools In area |
6730 |
6642 | 13372 | 50% | 50% | 100% |
In area who sat test** |
3976 |
4228 | 8204 | 48% | 52% | 100% |
Automatic Pass |
1481 |
1311 | 2792 | 22.0% | 19.7% | 20.9% |
Headteacher Assessments |
636 |
856 | 1492 | |||
Headteacher Assessment pass |
323 |
450 | 773 | 4.8% | 6.8% | 5.8% |
Total In area Passes |
1804 |
1761 |
3565 | 26.8% | 26.5% | 26.7% |
Out area who sat test |
531 |
565 |
1096 | |||
Automatic Pass |
213 |
142 |
375 | |||
Headteacher Assessments |
73 |
81 |
154 | |||
Headteacher Assessment Pass |
28 |
35 |
63 | |||
Total Out Area Passes |
241 |
177 | 418 | |||
Total Kent Passes* |
2045 |
1938 | 3983 | |||
Out of County Tested |
1419 |
1346 | 2765 | |||
Out of County Automatic Pass |
781 |
620 | 1401 | |||
OOC Headteacher Assessment |
75 |
93 |
168 |
|||
OOC HTA Pass |
39 | 41 | 80 | |||
Total OOC Passes* |
820 |
661 |
1481 |
* Total figures slightly different from supporting data, reflecting adjustments. Figures relate to place of school attended, rather than place of residence. Allocation figures in March are based on place of residence. You will find the equivalent figures for the September 2012 tests here.
** the in area or "selective areas" are those parts of Kent which were historically served by grammar schools, before freedom of choice legislation removed their significance.
Details of Out of County applications and passes
As in previous years, there has been much hysterical debate in the media about the likely impact of the out of county children who passed the Kent eleven plus. However, as I have forecast previously, the impact is again likely to be much less than other commentators have claimed. The real picture is as follows:
Sat Test | Found selective |
% passed of those
who sat Test
|
||
Medway | boys | 128 | 58 | 45% |
girls | 136 | 35 | 26% | |
Bexley | boys | 361 | 196 | 54% |
girls | 401 | 189 |
47% |
|
Bromley | boys | 267 | 161 |
60% |
girls | 268 | 164 | 61% | |
Other London | boys | 422 | 241 | 57% |
girls | 393 | 194 | 49% | |
Sussex |
boys |
89 | 63 | 71% |
girls | 50 | 26 | 52% | |
Surrey | boys | 40 | 31 | 78% |
girls | 16 | 12 | 75% | |
Other | boys | 112 | 71 | 63% |
girls | 82 | 40 | 49% | |
TOTAL | 2765 | 1481 | 54% |
Kent and Medway School Appeal Outcomes 2014 | ||||||
Appeals
Registered
|
Upheld | Turned down |
%
upheld
|
place offered
before appeal
|
withdrawn | |
KCC Appeal Panels |
||||||
Non-selective schools | 198 | 50 | 71 | 41% | 21 | 56 |
Grammar schools | 865 | 298 | 453 | 39% | 11 | 103 |
Appeal Panels organised by Independent Administrators or schools
|
||||||
Kent Non-Selective schools | 268 | 59 |
155 |
28% | 24 | 29 |
Kent Grammar Schools | 688 | 291 | 290 | 50% | 41 | 66 |
Medway Non-Selective Schools | 106 | 22 | 67 | 25% | 7 | 10 |
Medway Selective Schools | 248 | 106 | 120 | 47% | 3 | 19 |
Totals | ||||||
Non-Selective Total | 572 | 131 | 293 | 31% | 52 | 95 |
Selective Total | 1801 | 695 | 863 | 45% | 55 | 188 |
Commentary here.
Kent Secondary Transfer 2013
Commentary here. There are many more statistics relating to 2013 entry in the News and Comment section.
Kent Pupils |
2013 |
2012 |
2011 |
|||
No. of pupils |
% |
No. of pupils |
% |
No. of pupils |
% |
|
Offered a first preference |
12,754 |
84.2% |
12,613 |
82.8% |
12,775 | 82.7% |
Offered a second preference
|
1,456 |
9.6% |
1,481 |
9.7% | 1,567 | 10.2% |
Offered a third preference |
448 |
3.0% |
505 |
3.3% |
533 | 3.4% |
Offered a fourth preference
|
129 |
0.9%% |
183 |
1.2% |
157 | 1.1% |
Allocated by Local Authority |
357 | 2.3% |
443 |
2.9% |
413 | 2.6% |
Total number of Kent pupils offered |
15,144 | 15,225 | 15,444 |
Kent and Medway Secondary Appeals 2013
Further commentary here.
Kent & Medway School Secondary School Appeal Outcomes 2013 | ||||||
Kent County Council Appeal Panels | ||||||
Type of School |
Number of
Appeals
|
Appeals
Upheld
|
Appeals
Rejected
|
Appeals
withdrawn
|
Place offered
before appeal
|
% successful
appeals of those
heard
|
Non-selective
(14 schools)
|
196 | 58 | 30 | 53 | 54 | 66 |
Grammar
(18 schools)
|
904 | 382 | 432 | 90 | 5 | 46 |
Kent and Medway Appeals managed by other organisations | ||||||
Non-selective
(15 schools)
|
408 | 86 | 168 | 63 | 89 | 34 |
Grammar
((18 schools)
|
567 | 244 | 241 | 54 | 32 | 50 |
2012 Appeal Statistics
It is proving very difficult to obtain these on a county wide basis with so many academies, Foundation and Voluntary Aided schools now arranging their own appeal panels. As I find this data of limited value, I am no longer collecting it, except for Panels organised by KCC.
Kent 11 Plus Test Results for 2013 Entry
The Kent pass mark is an aggregate of 360 from the three tests, with a requirement for all three scores to be 319 or greater. This standard is chosen to select 21% of all children in the Kent selective areas. Children from the non-selective areas of Kent (served by Angley School, Homewood School, Longfield Academy, Mascall's School, Marsh Academy) and out county candidates have to achieve the same scores. Another 4% of children in the selective areas are added through the headteacher assessment procedure, to bring the total to 25%. The following table shows the outcomes of the test.
boys | girls | total | % boys | % girls | Total % | |
Living In area | 6946 | 6629 | 13575 | 51% | 49% | 100% |
In area who sat test | 3861 | 4080 | 7941 | 56% | 62% | 58% |
Automatic Pass | 1501 | 1358 | 2859 | 21.6% | 20.5% | 21.0% |
Headteacher Assessment pass | 350 | 474 | 824 | 5.0% | 7.2% | 6.1% |
Total In area Passes | 1851 | 1832 | 3683 | 26.6% | 27.6% | 27.1% |
Out area who sat test | 471 | 535 | 1006 | |||
Automatic Pass | 175 | 134 | 309 | |||
Headteacher Assessment Pass | 29 | 46 | 75 | |||
Total Out Area Passes | 204 | 160 | 364 | |||
Total Kent Passes* | 2055 | 2012 | 4072 | |||
Out of County Tested | 1273 | 1213 | 2486 | |||
Out of County Automatic Pass | 638 | 603 | 1241 | |||
OOC Headteacher Assessment | 55 | 55 | 110 | |||
OOC HTA Pass | 22 | 22 | 44 | |||
Total OOC Passes* | 665 | 633 | 1298 |
11 Plus Test Results for 2012 Entry
The Kent pass mark is an aggregate of 360 from the three tests, with a requirement for all three scores to be 319 or greater. This standard is chosen to select 21% of all children in the Kent selective areas. Children from the non-selective areas of Kent (served by Angley School, Homewood School, Longfield Academy, Mascall's School, Marsh Academy) and out county candidates have to achieve the same scores. Another 4% of children in the selective areas are added through the headteacher assessment procedure, to bring the total to 25%. The following table shows the outcomes of the test.
Kent Grammar School Assessments for Year 6 children, for Admission in September 2012
boys | girls | total | % boys | % girls | Total % | |
Living In area | 7008 | 6827 | 13835 | 51% | 49% | 100% |
In area who sat test | 3717 | 3939 | 7656 | 53.0% | 57.7% | 55% |
Automatic Pass | 1452 | 1326 | 2778 | 20.7% | 19.4% | 20.1% |
Headteacher Assessment | 647 | 847 | 1494 | 9.2% | 12.4% | 10.8% |
Headteacher Assessment pass | 322 | 460 | 782 | 4.6% | 6.7% | 5.7% |
Total Passes | 1774 | 1786 | 3560 | 25.3% | 26.1% | 25.7% |
Out area who sat test | 543 | 545 | 1058 | |||
Automatic Pass | 185 | 172 | 357 | |||
Headteacher Assessment | 83 | 134 | 217 | |||
Headteacher Assessment Pass | 41 | 54 | 95 | |||
Total Out Area Passes | 226 | 226 | 452 | |||
Out of County Tested | 1258 | 1087 | 2345 | |||
Out of County Automatic Pass | 698 | 559 | 1257 | |||
OOC Headteacher Assessment | 63 | 51 | 114 | |||
OOC HTA Pass | 24 | 25 | 49 | |||
Total OOC Passes | 722 | 584 | 1306 |
The number of out county chldren successful in the Kent Test is up from the 1156 of 2010, but only a small proportion of these children actually take up places in Kent grammar schools (137 boys and 117 girls offered places in Kent Grammar schools in March 2011 for admission in September).
You will find the data for previous years below but, as I have collected it in more detail for 2012 entry, it is not directly comparable.
Secondary School Transfer 2011 Entry
Please note that all data below is based on the situation on 1st March. There is considerable subsequent movement before the start of the new school year in September.
Kent County Council figures show a pleasing increase in the number of children being offered their first choice secondary school on 1st March, up from 80% in 2010 to 83% in 2011. Just 413 got none of their choices. With nearly 500 fewer Kent children in the system, waiting lists for popular schools were generally much lower this year. However, 66 Kent children who passed the Kent Test and named a grammar school on there application form received none of their preferences. Another 69 such children were offered a place at a non-selective school below the highest placed grammar school on their list (who had presumably put this down as a safety net). KCC in their publicity did not recognise this lattter group as having lost out on a grammar school place although qualified. Last year the eighteen most popular schools each turned away more than 50 children who put them in first place, but this year the same number of schools sees the bar drop to 40 places oversubscribed. Leigh Technology Academy (Dartford) remains Kent’s most popular school for the fourth year running, with 199 disappointed first choice applicants. Second comes Tonbridge Grammar, with 104 girls who had passed the eleven plus turned away. After Westlands (Sittingbourne) on 94, comes Dartford Grammar School with 88, entering the lists for the first time as applicants from the London Boroughs realised the school was accessible, a third of the places going to high scoring applicants from out of county. Next in line was Judd School (grammar, Tonbridge), followed by: Valley Park School (Maidstone); Fulston Manor School (Sittingbourne); Brockhill Park Performing Arts College (Hythe); Brompton Academy (Gillingham); King Ethelbert School (Margate – new entry); and The Thomas Aveling School (Rochester). Then follows Skinner’s School (grammar, Tunbridge Wells ), slipping from its position as most popular grammar school in 2010, and: Folkestone Academy; Dartford Grammar School for Girls; Canterbury High School; Hillview School for Girls (Tonbridge); Bennett Memorial Diocesan School (Tunbridge Wells); and Simon Langton Girls Grammar School (Canterbury – new entry). At the other end of the scale, four Kent schools were over half empty before KCC drafted in additional children who had been offered none of their choices: Skinner’s Kent Academy; Angley School (Cranbrook); Walmer Science College, and New Line Learning Academy (Maidstone). One wonders how some of these schools can continue to function with finances depending on pupil numbers. The school with the greatest increase in popularity was Dartford Grammar School (up 55 disappointed first choices), the biggest loser was surprisingly Homewood School in Tenterden, down 100, but still oversubscribed. The pressure of out of county children taking up places in Kent grammar schools was once again greatest in the North West of the county, with 189 children taking up places in the four Dartford Grammar Schools (52 of these coming from as far away as Lewisham and Greenwich) as opposed to just 57 in the three West Kent super selectives, both figures very similar to last year. Many of these figures will have changed between March and September, as parents had to decide whether to accept places offered, others being offered places off the waiting lists. As many as 700 further children may have gained places through the appeal procedure.
Kent Pupils
|
2011 |
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||
No. of pupils
|
No. of pupils | % |
No. of pupils
|
%
|
No. of pupils
|
%
|
No. of pupils
|
|
Offered a school named on the application form
|
15032 | 97.33% |
15,270
|
96.1%
|
15,504
|
95.5%
|
15,396
|
95%
|
Offered a first preference
|
12775 | 82.71% |
12,725
|
80.1%
|
12,769
|
78.5%
|
11,508
|
70.5%
|
Offered a second preference
|
1567 | 10.15% |
1,753
|
11.0%
|
1,850
|
11.5%
|
2,750
|
17%
|
Offered a third preference
|
533 | 3.45% |
595
|
3.7%
|
640
|
4%
|
1,138
|
7%
|
Offered a fourth preference
|
157 | 1.02% |
197
|
1.2%
|
245
|
1.5%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Allocated by Local Authority
|
413 | 2.67 |
620
|
3.9%
|
773
|
4.5%
|
840
|
5.5%
|
Total number of Kent pupils offered
|
15445 |
15,890
|
16,277
|
16,236
|
Year
|
2011 |
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
Out of County Applicants
|
1671 |
1,532
|
1,554
|
1,795
|
Out of County Offers
|
513 |
532
|
521
|
556
|
Year
|
2011 |
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
Total Numbers of Pupils in the Cohort
|
17133 |
17,422
|
7,831
|
18,134
|
Secondary school transfer 2010 entry
On allocation day in March, for 2010, most oversubscribed school in Kent for the third consecutive year was the Leigh Academy in Dartford, turning away 218 first choices. This is followed for non -selective schools by, in order: Valley Park School- 112, Homewood School - 110, North School Ashford - 96, Fulston Manor School - 83, Westlands School - 78, Bennett Memorial Diocesan School and Folkestone Academy - 64, Brockhill Park School - 60, Sandwich Technology College - 57, Mascalls School - 55, Charles Dickens School - 53, and Hayesbrook School - 50. All others are less than 50.
Newcomers to the list are: Brockhill Park (up from 17), Sandwich Technology (up from 48), and Hayesbrook (up from 29). Out go: Aylesford (down from 68 to 15), Maplesdon Noakes (55 to27 ), St Simon Stock (53 to 11) and Cornwallis (50 to 30 )
For grammar schools most first choices turned away - Skinners School with 115 (up from 92 but see below); then Judd School- 88 (in top two for past two years); Tonbridge Grammar School - 77 (top last year); Weald of Kent Grammar School - 50; Dartford Grammar School for Girls - 47; Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Girls - 39; Maidstone Grammar School - 36; Dartford Grammar School - 35; Queen Elizabeth's Grammar SChool - 34; Simon Langton Grammmar School for Boys - 34; Sir Roger Manwoods School - 33; and Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys 32. All others had fewer than 30.
The caution with regard to Skinners is that many parents put them second to Judd and this year in particular the figures are skewed with Skinners offering places to 73 first choices, 39 second choices and 3 third choices (St Olave's is often the third school in this triangle)). Over at Judd there were 120 first choices and 2 second choices offered places so I would argue that Judd is the more oversubscribed – the vagaries of the system!
The Judd School has offered 16 places off the waiting list on 31st March. Clearly this will have a corresponding knock on figure for The Skinners School who initially offered 6 further places. Also of note are Longfield Academy up 72 first preferences from 64 to 136 (turning away 22 of these), Oakwood Park Grammar School up 54 (turning away 15 of these) , Chaucer Technology College up 45, Swan Valley Community School up 43. For all the above schools, waiting lists and appeals will see numbers of the children turned away eventually offered places at their first choice school.
There were just 5 Medway schools with vacancies before Medway Council reallocated children who had been given none of their choices. After reallocation, Bishop of Rochester Academy and St John Fisher RC were full, whilst Hundred of Hoo, Chatham Grammar Boys and Chatham Grammar Girls still have spare places. 151 places were taken up by Kent children nearly every school accepting some; with 116 Medway children going the other way into Kent - nearly half of these to Holmesdale. 68 out of the 298 children entered for Medway Reviews were successful.
The following grammar schools each had more than ten vacancies on March 1st: Borden, Clarendon House, Dover Grammar Boys, Folkestone Girls, Harvey, Highworth (heavily oversubscribed with first choices last year!), Invicta. The following grammar schools have four or fewer vacancies (none between four and ten!): Gravesend Boys (heavily oversubscribed with first choices last year!), Gravesend Girls, Wilmington Boys, Wilmington Girls. All other Kent grammar schools were full on National Offer Day.
Non selective schools with vacancies, that were full last year: Hextable, Meopham, Northfleet Girls, St Edmunds Dover, St George's Gravesend, St John's Gravesend, Walmer, Wilmington Enterprise.
Please note that even though a school is full according to the Planned Admission Number, appeals can and will be successful in some cases. An Independent Appeal Panel has the right to instruct schools to take additional children. Last year the number of successful appeals at oversubscribed schools in Kent ranged from nil to 38. Further, where a grammar school has vacancies, the appeal panel is under no obligation to fill these and won't if there are insufficient children of a 'grammar school standard'.
Five Kent schools had over half their places empty before the Local Authority allocated children, who had not been offered any of their choices, to them.
Secondary School Appeal Statistics for 2010 entry
I do not publish statistics for individual school appeals, as these are determined by Appeal Panels, not by the schools themselves and so can vary enormously year by year.
Type of Appeal | Number | Successes | % success rate |
Community Non Selective Schools | 88 | 45 | 51 |
Community Grammar Schools | 336 | 128 | 40 |
Foundation & VA Non Sel Schools, organised by KCC | 425 | 247 | 58 |
Foundation & VA Grammar Schools, organised by KCC | 543 | 174 | 32 |
Foundation & VA Non Sel Schools, appeals not organised by KCC | 30 | 27 | 75 |
Foundation & VA Grammar Schools, not organised by KCC | 362 | 135 | 37 |
Academies | 91 | 29 | 22 |
Total | 1696 | 612 | 36 |
Please note:
1) Appeals are only heard for places at grammar schools or non selective schools that are oversubscribed. Grammar school appelas can be against a decision that the child is not of grammar school ability, that the school is full, or both.
2) the Foundation and VA Non Selective Appeal figures are distorted by 4 schools whose combined 132 appeals were all successful.
3) The Academy figures is distorted by the Leigh Academy's 65 appeals.
4) Appeals not organised by KCC are managed by a number of different providers
11 Plus Test Results 2011 Entry
The source of the data on this page is Kent County Council. My thanks for their co-operation in this.
Category | 2009 entry | 2010 entry | 2011 entry | change |
Number | Number | Number | ||
Kent Entrants | 9249 | 9418 | -101 | |
OutCounty Entrants | 1992 | 2107 | +115 | |
Success Boys | 2588 | 2561 | -27 | |
Success Girls | 2549 | 2552 | +3 | |
Success Kent | 4039 | 4120 | 4149 | +81 |
OutCounty Success | 1098 | 993 | 1156 | -105 |
So, of the 11,255 children who sat the Kent Test in September, 5,113 were assessed selective, roughly the same number as last year (11,241). The number of out of county children sitting the test rose by 115, the number of Kent children fell by 101 reflecting a lower number in the age group. However, the number of Kent children passing is up by 81 to 4,120, whilst the number of out county children passing is down by 105 to 993.
There are 4,458 grammar school places in Kent, so if only Kent children were taking them up, there would be 338 spare places, nearly all in the East of the County. The great unknown is how many out of county children will take up Kent places, as many of them have multiple applications across different counties and Boroughs.
My sense of these figures is - little change.
I have now obtained information on the distribution of successful out of Kent 11 plus candidates, and this shows a remarkable shift in pattern. The number of successful candidates in East Sussex and Surrey is just 40, only 6 higher than the total that were offered places at Judd, Skinners or Tonbridge Grammar last year. As these schools only take high scorers, many of the ooc children will not be eligible and others will not apply for places. With the lower cohort size in West Kent this really promises to make life easier for many grammar school applicants in 2011. I am unable to suggest a reason why this reduction has happened, except the possibility that recent publicity has convinced some it is too difficult to gain entrance to these schools.
Another 302 ooc qualified ooc children come from other London Boroughs astride the rail mainline to Dartford, with 31 from Thurrock. We can assume that all those who are looking to Kent grammar schools realistically, and some will just have taken the test for practice, are looking to the two Wilmington and the two Dartford grammar schools, although the different oversubscription criteria for each afffects the number that will be admitted in the end.
To these, there needs to be added a further 130 Medway children, although many, if not most, of these have taken the Kent Test as a reserve to Medway grammar school places. Those looking seriously into Kent will be considering grammar schools in Gravesend, Maidstone or Sittingbourne, although the former are likely to come under additional pressure again from the out of county surge, as happened in 2009.
2010 Admissions
For 2010, Most oversubscribed school in Kent for the third consecutive year was the Leigh Academy in Dartford, turning away 218 first choices. This is followed for non -selective schools by, in order: Valley Park School- 112, Homewood School - 110, North School Ashford - 96, Fulston Manor School - 83, Westlands School - 78, Bennett Memorial Diocesan School and Folkestone Academy - 64, Brockhill Park School - 60, Sandwich Technology College - 57, Mascalls School - 55, Charles Dickens School - 53, and Hayesbrook School - 50. All others are less than 50.
Newcomers to the list are: Brockhill Park (up from 17), Sandwich Technology (up from 48), and Hayesbrook (up from 29). Out go: Aylesford (down from 68 to 15), Maplesdon Noakes (55 to27 ), St Simon Stock (53 to 11) and Cornwallis (50 to 30 )
For grammar schools most first choices turned away - Skinners School with 115 (up from 92 but see below); then Judd School- 88 (in top two for past two years); Tonbridge Grammar School - 77 (top last year); Weald of Kent Grammar School - 50; Dartford Grammar School for Girls - 47; Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Girls - 39; Maidstone Grammar School - 36; Dartford Grammar School - 35; Queen Elizabeth's Grammar SChool - 34; Simon Langton Grammmar School for Boys - 34; Sir Roger Manwoods School - 33; and Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys 32. All others had fewer than 30.
The caution with regard to Skinners is that many parents put them second to Judd and this year in particular the figures are skewed with Skinners offering places to 73 first choices, 39 second choices and 3 third choices (St Olave's is often the third school in this triangle)). Over at Judd there were 120 first choices and 2 second choices offered places so I would argue that Judd is the more oversubscribed – the vagaries of the system!
The Judd School has offered 16 places off the waiting list on 31st March. Clearly this will have a corresponding knock on figure for The Skinners School who initially offered 6 further places.
Also of note are Longfield Academy up 72 first preferences from 64 to 136 (turning away 22 of these), Oakwood Park Grammar School up 54 (turning away 15 of these) , Chaucer Technology College up 45, Swan Valley Community School up 43.
For all the above schools, waiting lists and appeals will see numbers of the children turned away eventually offered places at their first choice school.
There were just 5 Medway schools with vacancies before Medway Council reallocated children who had been given none of their choices. After reallocation, Bishop of Rochester Academy and St John Fisher RC were full, whilst Hundred of Hoo, Chatham Grammar Boys and Chatham Grammar Girls still have spare places. 151 places were taken up by Kent children nearly every school accepting some; with 116 Medway children going the other way into Kent - nearly half of these to Holmesdale. 68 out of the 298 children entered for Medway Reviews were successful.
The following grammar schools each had more than ten vacancies on March 1st: Borden, Clarendon House, Dover Grammar Boys, Folkestone Girls, Harvey, Highworth (heavily oversubscribed with first choices last year!), Invicta. The following grammar schools have four or fewer vacancies (none between four and ten!): Gravesend Boys (heavily oversubscribed with first choices last year!), Gravesend Girls, Wilmington Boys, Wilmington Girls. All other Kent grammar schools were full on National Offer Day.
Non selective schools with vacancies, that were full last year: Hextable, Meopham, Northfleet Girls, St Edmunds Dover, St George's Gravesend, St John's Gravesend, Walmer, Wilmington Enterprise.
Please note that even though a school is full according to the Planned Admission Number, appeals can and will be successful in some cases. An Independent Appeal Panel has the right to instruct schools to take additional children. Last year the number of successful appeals at oversubscribed schools in Kent ranged from nil to 38. Further, where a grammar school has vacancies, the appeal panel is under no obligation to fill these and won't if there are insufficient children of a 'grammar school standard'.
Five Kent schools had over half their places empty before the Local Authority allocated children, who had not been offered any of their choices, to them.
Secondary school transfer statistics 2010 entry
Kent Pupils
|
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||
No. of pupils
|
No. of pupils
|
%
|
No. of pupils
|
%
|
No. of pupils
|
|
Offered a school named on the application form
|
15,270
|
96.1%
|
15,504
|
95.5%
|
15,396
|
95%
|
Offered a first preference
|
12,725
|
80.1%
|
12,769
|
78.5%
|
11,508
|
70.5%
|
Offered a second preference
|
1,753
|
11.0%
|
1,850
|
11.5%
|
2,750
|
17%
|
Offered a third preference
|
595
|
3.7%
|
640
|
4%
|
1,138
|
7%
|
Offered a fourth preference
|
197
|
1.2%
|
245
|
1.5%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Allocated by Local Authority
|
620
|
3.9%
|
773
|
4.5%
|
840
|
5.5%
|
Total number of Kent pupils offered
|
15,890
|
16,277
|
16,236
|
Year
|
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
Out of County Applicants
|
1,532
|
1,554
|
1,795
|
Out of County Offers
|
532
|
521
|
556
|
Year
|
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
Total Numbers of Pupils in the Cohort
|
17,422
|
17,831
|
18,134
|
Transfer Appeal Statistics 2009
School Type | Number of Appeals | Number of Successes | % Success Rate |
Grammar | 391 | 167 | 43 |
Non Selective | 158 | 99 | 63 |
Primary | 367 | 36 | 10 |
Please note that the large majority of successful primary appeals would be for junior classes, as Infant appeals are governed by Infant Class Legislation (see Primary admissions page).
Foundation and Voluntary Aided Schools
School Type | Number of Appeals | Number of Successes | % Success Rate |
Grammar | 562 | 201 | 36 |
Non Selective | 215 | 104 | 48 |
Primary | 82 | Not known |
In addition there are a number of schools that do not use KCC Appeal Panels. Statistics are not available for these.
Statistics vary enormously school by school. For grammar schools the proportion of successes range from 76% of 33 appeals (an LEA school) down to 7% of 108 appeals (a Foundation School). For non selective schools, there were five schools where all appeals were successful, but one Foundation school with just 10% of 20 appeals successful.
Secondary Transfer Statistics 2009 entry
There was a total of just 131 vacancies in Kent’s 33 grammar schools, at National Offer Day in 2009 mainly in the east of the county. The problem is that the 268 out county children who took up places in West and North West Kent Grammar schools displaced many children from these areas eastwards, some to grammar schools they cannot reach daily, with more than 40 boys West Kent boys offered places in Folkestone or Sittingbourne.
The biggest influx is into the four Dartford grammar schools with 29 children coming from Greenwich and another 15 from Lewisham. Bromley took up 59 Kent grammar school places, Bexley another 56 and East Sussex 50.
Most oversubscribed grammar school was Tonbridge (101 turned away), edging out Judd from last year (95). These were followed by Skinners, Dartford, Weald of Kent, Tunbridge Wells Boys, Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells Girls. This year’s problem is highlighted by these eight schools who all turned away more than 40 qualified first choices. Last year there were just three, the same top schools as last year.
However, for the second year running the most oversubscribed school in the county is the Leigh Academy in Dartford, rejecting 200 first choice applicants.
One striking feature of non selective school placements is the wide fluctuation in popularity from year to year. I think the biggest controversy in the county surrounds Valley Park School in South Maidstone, whose popularity has soared this year, turning away 106 first choices, up from 16 in 2008. Other non selective schools rejecting more than 60 first choices are: Folkestone Academy (newly rebuilt); Homewood (Tenterden); Bennett Memorial (Tunbridge Wells); Westlands (Sittingbourne), Charles Dickens (Broadstairs), North (Ashford), Archbishops’ (Canterbury); Aylesford (rebuilt under PFI and not even full last year); Mascalls (Paddock Wood) and Fulston Manor (Sittingbourne). Only half these schools were in this list last year showing how difficult it is to predict popularity.
At the other end of the scale, four schools were over half empty before children unsuccessful in any of their applications were allocated to them..
Secondary Transfer Appeal Statistics 2008
LEA or Community Schools
School type | Number of Appeals | Number of successes | % success rate |
Grammar | 456 | 184 | 40 |
Non Selective | 126 | 68 | 54 |
Foundation or Voluntary Aided Schools
These are appeals organised by the KCC for these schools. Many Foundation and VA Schools organise their own appeals and I do not have data for these.
School Type | Number of Appeals | Number of successes | % success rate |
Grammar | 540 | 143 | 26 |
Non-Selective | 185 | 101 | 55 |
Note: these statistics hide a multitude of sins. One LEA Grammar school had 55 successful appeals, others have very few. Grammar School appeals include both selection appeals (where the child do not pass the Kent test, and oversubscription appeals (where many appellants may have passed the Kent tests and be seeking a place in schools that are full).
All data on this page is provided by Kent County or Medway Council, often under the Freedom of Information Act
Admission September 2020 Statistics
Kent Primary Schools: allocation of Kent children to Reception Classes April 2020 | ||||||||
Offers to Kent Pupils | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | ||||
No of
pupils
|
% |
No of
pupils
|
% |
No of
pupils
|
%
|
No of
pupils
|
%
|
|
Offered a school on the application form |
16954 | 97.4% | 16839 | 97.4% | 16843 | 97.7% | 16855 | 97.4% |
Offered a first preference |
15372 | 88.3% | 15540 | 89.4% | 15426 | 89.5% | 15429 | 89.0% |
Offered a second preference | 1192 | 6.9% | 1057 | 6.1% | 1093 | 6.3% | 1077 | 6.2% |
Offered a third preference | 390 | 2.2% | 332 | 1.9% | 324 | 1.9% | 379 | 2.2% |
Allocated by local authority | 457 | 2.6% | 447 | 2.6% | 390 | 2.3% | 444 | 2.6% |
Total number of offers | 17411 | 17286 | 17233 | 17329 |
Medway Primary Schools: allocation of Medway children to Reception Classes April 2020 | ||||||||
Offers to Medway Pupils | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | ||||
2018 figures to follow. | No of
pupils
|
% | No of
pupils
|
% | No of
pupils
|
% |
No of
pupils
|
% |
Offered a school on the appln form |
3417 | 97.9% | 3338* | 97.8%* | 3167 | 97.6% | 3245 | 97.4% |
Offered a first preference |
>3072 | >88%* | 3035 | 89.0% | 2888 | 89.1% | 2978 | 89.4% |
Offered a second preference | 228 | 6.7% | 220 | 6.7% | 209 | 6.3% | ||
Offered a third preference | 59 | 1.7% | 48 | 1.4% | 49 | 1.5% | ||
Offered a fourth preference | 16 | 0.5% | 10 | 0.3% | 7 | 0.1% | ||
Allocated by Council | 74 | 2.1% | 75 | 2.2%* | 79 | 2.4% | 85 | 2.6% |
Total number of offers | 3491 | 3413 | 3246 | 3330 |
You will find more detail on initial applications for Kent and Medway here.
Kent and Medway Primary School Appeals 2019 | |||||
School |
Appeals
Submitted
|
Appeals
Heard
|
Upheld |
Not
Upheld
|
Place
Offered/Withdrawn
|
Kent Reception
Infant Legislation
|
246 | 161 | 2 | 159 | 74 |
Kent Reception
other
|
6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Kent Junior (2017) | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
Medway Reception | 57 | 32 | 1 | 16 | 15 |
Admission September 2018 Statistics
Kent Primary Schools: allocation of Kent children to Reception Classes April 2018 | ||||||||
Offers to Kent Pupils | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | ||||
No of
pupils
|
%
|
No of
pupils
|
%
|
No of
pupils
|
%
|
No of
pupils
|
%
|
|
Offered a school on the application form |
16843 | 97.7% | 16855 | 97.4% |
17400 |
96.6% |
16691 |
95.8% |
Offered a first preference |
15426 | 89.5% | 15429 | 89.0% |
15705 |
87.2% | 14943 |
85.8% |
Offered a second preference | 1093 | 6.3% | 1077 | 6.2% | 1229 | 6.8% | 1272 | 7.3% |
Offered a third preference | 324 | 1.9% | 379 | 2.2% | 466 | 2.58% | 476 | 2.7% |
Allocated by local authority | 390 | 2.3% | 444 | 2.6% | 606 | 3.4% | 724 | 4.2% |
Total number of offers | 17233 | 17329 | 18006 |
17415 |
Medway Primary Schools: allocation of Medway children to Reception Classes April 2018 | ||||||||
Offers to Medway Pupils | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | ||||
2018 figures to follow. | No of
pupils
|
% |
No of
pupils
|
% |
No of
pupils
|
% |
No of
pupils
|
% |
Offered a school on the appln form |
3167 | 97.6% | 3245 | 97.4% | 3360 | 96.2% |
3396 |
96.4% |
Offered a first preference |
2888 | 89.1% | 2978 | 89.4% | 3039 | 87.1% |
3067 |
87.1% |
Offered a second preference | 220 | 6.7% | 209 | 6.3% | 220 | 6.3% | 256 | 7.3% |
Offered a third preference | 48 | 1.4% | 49 | 1.5% | 61 | 1.8% | 55 | 1.5% |
Offered a fourth preference | 10 | 0.3% | 7 | 0.1% | 27 | 0.8% | 20 | 0.6% |
Allocated by Council | 79 | 2.4% | 85 | 2.6% | 134 | 4.0% | 126 | 3.6% |
Total number of offers | 3246* | 3330 | 3490 | 3522 |
*In addition 102 Medway children were offered places at non-Medway schools
You will find more detail on initial applications for Kent and Medway here.
Kent and Medway Primary School Appeals 2017 | ||||||
School |
Appeals
Submitted
|
Appeals
Heard
|
Upheld |
Not
Upheld
|
Place
Offered
|
Withdrawn |
Kent Reception
Infant Legislation
|
272 | 196 | 1 | 195 | 23 | 53 |
Kent Reception
other
|
38 | 36 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 2 |
Kent Junior | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Medway Reception | 60 | 31 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 21 |
Medway Junior | 106 |
1 |
0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Admission September 2016 Statistics
Kent Primary Schools: allocation of Kent children to Reception Classes April 2016 | ||||||||
Offers to Kent Pupils | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||
No of pupils | % | No of pupils | % | No of pupils | % | No of pupils | % | |
Offered a school on the application form |
17400 |
96.6% |
16691 |
95.8% |
16301 |
95.3% |
15,838 | 96.0% |
Offered a first preference |
15705 |
87.2% | 14943 |
85.8% |
14516 |
84.9% |
14,264 | 86.5% |
Offered a second preference | 1229 | 6.8% | 1272 | 7.3% | 1239 | 7.3% | 1,127 | 6.8% |
Offered a third preference | 466 | 2.58% | 476 | 2.7% | 546 | 3.2% | 447 | 2.7% |
Allocated by local authority | 606 | 3.4% | 724 | 4.2% | 796 | 4.7% | 661 | 4.0% |
Total number of offers | 18006 | 17415 | 17097 | 16,499 |
Medway Primary Schools: allocation of Medway children and 121 from ooc to Reception classes April 2016 | ||||||||
Offers made by Medway Primary schools | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||
No of pupils | % | No of pupils | % | No of pupils | % | No of pupils | % | |
Offered a school named on the appln form |
3360 | 96.2% |
3396 |
96.4% |
3171 | 95.5% | 3058 | 96.0% |
Offered a first preference |
3039 | 87.1% |
3067 |
87.1% |
2847 | 85.7% | 2803 | 88.0% |
Offered a second preference | 220 | 6.3% | 256 | 7.3% | 231 | 7.0% | 189 | 5.9% |
Offered a third preference | 61 | 1.8% | 55 | 1.5% | 78 | 2.4% | 48 | 1.5% |
Offered a fourth preference* | 27 | 0.8% | 20 | 0.6% | 15 | 0.5% | 18 | 0.6% |
Medway children allocated by Council | 134 | 4.0% | 126 | 3.6% | 151 | 4.6% | 129 | 4.1% |
Total number of offers | 3490 | 3522 | 3322 | 3187 |
Kent and Medway Primary School Appeals 2016 | ||||||
School |
Appeals
Submitted
|
Appeals
Heard
|
Upheld |
Not
Upheld
|
Place
Offered
|
Withdrawn |
Kent Reception
Infant Legislation
|
426 | 292 | 2 | 290 | 103 | 31 |
Kent Reception
other
|
25 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
Kent Junior | 23 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
Medway Reception | 106 | 63 | 1 | 62 | 20 | 23 |
Medway Junior | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
This table is for appeal Panels organised by KCC. A small number of primary appeals are managed by other organisations. Commentary here. You will find further information here.
Admission September 2015 Statistics
You will find more detail on initial applications for Kent and Medway here.
Kent Primary Schools: allocation to Reception classes April 2015 | ||||||||
Offers to Kent Pupils | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||
No of pupils | % | No of pupils | % | No of pupils | % | No of pupils | % | |
Offered a school on the application form |
16691 |
95.84% |
16301 |
95.34% |
15,838 | 95.99% | 15,476 | 94.98% |
Offered a first preference |
14943 |
85.81% |
14516 |
84.90% |
14,264 | 86.45% | 13,879 | 85.18% |
Offered a second preference | 1272 | 7.30% | 1239 | 7.25% | 1,127 | 6.83% | 1,145 | 7.03% |
Offered a third preference | 476 | 2.73% | 546 | 3.19% | 447 | 2.71% | 452 | 2.77% |
Allocated by local authority | 724 | 4.16% | 796 | 4.65% | 661 | 4.01% | 818 | 5.02% |
Total number of offers | 17415 | 17097 | 16,499 | 16,249 |
Further Information on Oversubscription and Vacancies for Kent here.
Medway Primary Schools: allocation to Reception classes April 2015 | ||||||||
Offers made by Medway Primary schools | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||
No of pupils | % | No of pupils | % | No of pupils | % | No of pupils | % | |
Offered a school named on the application form |
3396 |
96.43% |
3171 | 95.45% | 3058 | 95.95% | 2949 | 97.00% |
Offered a first preference |
3067 |
87.08% |
2847 | 85.7% | 2803 | 88.00% | 2707 | 89.05% |
Offered a second preference | 256 | 7.27% | 231 | 6.95% | 189 | 5.93% | 176 | 5.79% |
Offered a third preference | 55 | 1.5% | 78 | 2.35% | 48 | 1.51% | 55 | 1.81% |
Offered a fourth preference* | 20 | 0.58% | 15 | 0.45% | 18 | 0.56% | 11 | 0.36% |
Allocated by local authority | 126 | 151 | 4.55% | 129 | 4.05% | 91 | 2.99% | |
Total number of offers | 3522 | 3322 | 3187 | 3040 |
*Note: this entry is given as third preference on the Medway statement, with no fourth preference provided, but given the size of the figures, I suspect my interpretation is correct.
Further Information on Oversubscription and Vacancies for Medway here.
Kent and Medway School Primary Appeals Heard Outcomes 2015 | ||||
2015 | 2014 | |||
Appeals Held | Number | % Upheld | Number | % Upheld |
Kent Primary
Infant Class Legislation
|
292 | 0.7% | 340 | 1.5% |
Kent Primary other | 36 | 61% | 30 | 63% |
Medway Primary ICL | 63 | 1.6% | 65 | 0% |
Medway Primary Other | 6 | 50% |
Further details here.
Kent Primary School Appeal Outcomes 2014 | ||||||
Appeals
Registered
|
Upheld | Turned down |
%
upheld
|
place offered
before appeal
|
withdrawn | |
Primary Schools:
Infant Class Legislation
|
537 | 5 | 355 | 1.4% | 30 | 147 |
Other Primary schools | 43 | 19 | 11 | 63% | 8 | 5 |
Primary Total | 580 | 24 | 366 | 6% | 38 | 152 |
This table is for appeal Panels organised by KCC. A small number of primary appeals are managed by other organisations. Commentary here. You will find further information here.
I did not collect the 2015 figures for Medway Appeals, but you will find the 2013 data here.
Kent Reception Year Admissions 2013
I have provided commentary to these statistics here.
Offers to Kent Reception Year Pupils | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | |||
No of pupils | % | No of pupils | % | No of pupils | % | |
Offered a school named on the application form |
15,838 | 95.99% | 15,476 | 94.98% | 15,151 | 95.18% |
Offered a first preference |
14,264 | 86.45% | 13,879 | 85.18% | 13,682 | 85.95% |
Offered a second preference | 1,127 | 6.83% | 1,145 | 7.03% | 1,062 | 6.67% |
Offered a third preference | 447 | 2.71% | 452 | 2.77% | 407 | 2.56% |
Allocated by local authority | 661 | 4.01% | 818 | 5.02% | 768 | 4.82% |
Total number of offers | 16,499 | 16,249 | 15919 |
IKent and Medway Primary School Appeals 2013.
Kent Primary School Appeal Outcomes 2013 | |||||
Number of
Appeals
|
Upheld | Rejected |
Appeal
Withdrawn
|
Place offered
before Appeal
|
|
Appeals where Infant
Class Legislation Applies
|
546 | 18 | 364 | 132 | 30 |
No ICL | 86 | 22 | 48 | 12 | 4 |
Junior Schools | 33 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 1 |
Medway Primary School Appeal Outcomes 2013 | |||||
Number of
Appeals
|
Upheld | Rejected |
Appeal
Withdrawn
|
Place offered
before Appeal
|
|
Reception Class Appeals | 157 | 6 | 98 | 28 | 25 |
Junior Schools | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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 |
||
|
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.
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