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Secondary schools admissions data | | Many thousands of pupils applying to secondary school last year in England were not offered a place at their first choice, according to figures obtained by the Conservative Party. The table below shows the percentages of students gaining admission to their first preference or choice of school. Percentages for those who gained admission to one of their preferred list of schools are shown in the second column. Figures were not available for all local authorities. SECONDARY SCHOOLS ADMISSIONS 2007| LOCAL AUTHORITY | First Preference | Any Preference | | Stockton | 100.0% | 100.0% | | Leicestershire | 98.4% | 100.0% | | N Somerset | 98.2% | 99.4% | | Hartlepool | 98.0% | 100.0% | | Northumberland: middle to high | 98.0% | 100.0% | | North Somerset | 97.9% | 99.3% | | Wakefield | 97.6% | 99.5% | | Durham | 97.4% | 99.0% | | Cornwall | 97.2% | 99.0% | | Staffordshire | 97.2% | 97.0% | | East Riding | 97.0% | 99.0% | | Halton | 97.0% | 99.6% | | North Lincolnshire | 96.5% | 99.2% | | St Helens | 96.4% | 99.5% | | Warrington | 96.0% | 98.0% | | Cumbria | 95.9% | 99.2% | | South Gloucestershire | 95.6% | 98.9% | | Isle of Wight High Schools | 95.5% | 97.0% | | Rotherham | 95.4% | 98.8% | | Blackpool | 95.2% | 96.5% | | Doncaster | 95.1% | 98.8% | | Worcestershire | 95.1% | 97.4% | | Derbyshire | 95.0% | 98.0% | | Hampshire | 95.0% | 98.0% | | Swindon | 95.0% | 97.0% | | Rutland | 94.5% | 99.3% | | Portsmouth | 94.5% | 98.7% | | North Yorkshire | 94.4% | - | | Plymouth | 94.3% | 98.3% | | Barnsley | 94.2% | 98.7% | | Rochdale | 94.1% | 99.4% | | Redcar and Cleveland | 94.0% | 97.0% | | Sheffield | 94.0% | - | | Devon | 93.7% | 98.3% | | Somerset | 93.5% | 93.5% | | Bolton | 93.2% | 97.8% | | Stoke on Trent | 93.2% | 98.0% | | Bath | 93.0% | 96.0% | | Milton Keynes | 93.0% | 95.0% | | Cambridgeshire | 93.0% | 96.0% | | Trafford | 93.0% | 94.2% | | Wiltshire | 92.6% | 98.2% | | Bedfordshire | 92.5% | 98.2% | | Lancashire | 92.0% | 98.0% | | Shropshire | 92.0% | 98.6% | | West Berkshire | 92.0% | 99.0% | | West Sussex | 92.0% | 97.0% | | Newcastle | 91.2% | 97.0% | | Oldham | 91.0% | 96.8% | | Sunderland | 91.0% | 95.0% | | Dorset | 91.0% | - | | Lincolnshire | 91.0% | - | | Oxfordshire | 90.9% | 98.2% | | Sefton | 90.9% | 95.9% | | Bury | 90.9% | 98.2% | | Norfolk | 90.6% | 95.6% | | Cheshire | 90.5% | 95.0% | | Telford and Wrekin | 90.1% | 97.8% | | Hereford | 89.7% | 97.4% | | Nottingham City | 89.4% | 97.5% | | Thurrock | 89.0% | 98.0% | | Knowsley | 88.8% | 94.4% | | Coventry | 88.7% | 94.3% | | Harrow | 88.0% | 98.8% | | Poole | 88.0% | 92.0% | | Tameside | 87.8% | 96.1% | | East Sussex | 87.7% | 93.0% | | Derby City | 87.0% | 98.5% | | Bristol | 87.0% | 95.0% | | Salford | 87.0% | 97.0% | | Kirklees | 86.9% | 100.0% | | Leicester City Council | 85.7% | 95.2% | | Stockport | 85.7% | 96.3% | | Surrey | 84.0% | 94.0% | | Essex | 83.8% | 97.6% | | Brighton | 83.6% | 93.3% | | Wokingham | 83.2% | 99.3% | | Luton | 83.0% | 94.0% | | Leeds | 82.4% | 94.2% | | Torbay | 82.4% | 93.0% | | Gloucestershire | 81.4% | 93.9% | | Blackburn | 81.0% | 90.0% | | Bradford | 81.0% | - | | Calderdale | 80.6% | 97.2% | | Solihull | 80.0% | 99.0% | | Middlesborough | 79.8% | 96.0% | | Dudley | 79.0% | 86.2% | | Havering | 79.0% | 95.0% | | Liverpool | 78.0% | 92.0% | | Wolverhampton | 77.7% | 94.5% | | Sandwell | 76.6% | 96.6% | | Kent | 74.0% | 96.1% | | Hillingdon | 73.1% | 95.4% | | Islington | 73.0% | 96.0% | | Barking & Dagenham | 71.5% | 94.0% | | Bournemouth | 71.0% | 96.1% | | Ealing | 70.5% | 93.3% | | Brent | 69.8% | 92.0% | | Westminster | 69.0% | 92.0% | | Camden | 67.4% | 89.8% | | Darlington | 66.5% | 86.6% | | Bromley | 66.0% | 95.0% | | Richmond | 66.0% | 89.0% | | Sutton | 65.0% | 94.0% | | Southend | 64.8% | 96.8% | | Enfield | 64.3% | 94.0% | | Birmingham | 63.4% | 87.3% | | Bexley | 62.3% | 97.0% | | Hammersmith and Fulham | 62.0% | 88.5% | | Kensington and Chelsea | 61.0% | 83.0% | | Croydon | 61.0% | - | | Barnet | 60.8% | 88.4% | | Kingston Upon Thames | 60.0% | 92.0% | | Lewisham | 58.4% | 94.0% | | Lambeth | 56.5% | - | | Buckinghamshire | 56.1% | 92.4% | | Wandsworth | 52.0% | 92.6% | | Southwark | 51.0% | 86.8% | | Greenwich | - | 94.3% | | Merton | - | 93.3% | | South Tyneside | EP*� | - | | Bracknell Forest | EP*� | 93.0% | | Hackney | - | - | | Haringey | - | - | | Hertfordshire | - | - | | Hounslow | - | - | | Kingston Upon Hull | - | - | | Manchester | - | - | | Medway | - | - | | Newham | - | - | | North East Lincolnshire | - | - | | North Tyneside | - | - | | Northamptonshire | - | - | | Nottinghamshire | - | - | | Peterborough | - | - | | Reading | - | - | | Redbridge | - | - | | Slough | - | - | | Southampton | - | - | | Suffolk | - | - | | Tower Hamlets | - | - | | Walsall | - | - | | Waltham Forest | - | - | | Warwickshire | - | - | | Wigan | - | - | | Wirral | - | - | | York | - | - | | Overall | 82% | 93% | |
*EP - Equal Preference, ie choices are not ranked in any order
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