First choice school

So as mentioned a few days ago I have my heart set on this school and we are very lucky with the schools that we have in my area, so isn't even bad if we don't get our first choice, but obviously it would be the best thing to get in to our preferred school. Anyway, I was wondering if someone could explain this to me? So the council offered 48 places and had 233 applicants (I assume not all peoples first choice?) Does this mean the school didn't even fill all their spaces for 24/25? I know each year is different and depends on if it's a high birth rate year, siblings etc... This school is still building its reputation as it's a fairly new school and not most people's first preference in the area. We live 0.1km away, but I know it doesn't always come down to the distance. Do you think we've got a great chance of getting our first choice? 🤣🤣🤣

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Yes, 233 would be named as a choice on application, not 1st choice. Assuming they had the same PAN then yeah, they didn’t fill their capacity for 24/25. And yes, I would say at that distance and with a PAN of 60, with it being a low birth rate year too (though I don’t know your local stats or other variables like you say) you should absolutely have a great chance. School is identifiable by their DFE no. incase you wanted to black it out as well.

It does seem that the school didn’t get enough applicants wanting the school as their first choice. Seems like you have a good chance

@Chloe I was thinking what are you on about and then I realised 🤣 This is all new to me Chloe haha, but thank you for making it clearer for me to understand haha xx

@Mary thank you both 😊 xx

It could also be that their PAN was 40 (common where I am) and they took 8 at appeal because they weren’t full at infant class size (if that makes sense) and have now increased their PAN But I think you have a great chance yes

@Hayley where are you getting this information from? I'd like to have a look at this for the schools we've chosen 😊

@Lilita your local councils website. Search your council and then primary school admissions. Then it should show all this data 😊

@Amy the school hasn't even got a catchment area and have been taking pupils from 3 miles away so I remaining positive 🤞🏻😅 xx

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