Herefordshire Council offers secondary school places for 2010

Over 90 per cent of parents in Herefordshire have been offered their first choice of secondary school to which their child will go to in September. And 6 per cent have been offered their second preference.

When parents apply for a secondary school place with Herefordshire Council, they get the opportunity to list their three preferred choices of school.  Out of a total of 1654 applications, only 40 children have not been offered one of their first three choices, and this figure is likely to improve further as places are accepted or rejected and the appeals process begins.

Councillor Price, cabinet member for ICT, education and achievement, said:  “We have been working with schools to make sure admission places are available to meet local demand and are delighted to be able to offer so many of the county’s parents their first choice”.

Offers of primary school places are due to be made later this month.