76,000 children failed to get into first choice secondary, study finds

The 76,000 children represent approximately one in seven families who did not get their child into his/her first choice. Additionally, 19,000 did not receive any offer from any of their preferred choices.

The number of children failing to get into a first choice school is up by almost 20,000 from last year.

The study found that children in big cities were the most likely to miss out, with more than one in four children in London and Birmingham not getting their first choice. Additionally, 4.8 per cent of children in London will fail to get any of their preferred choices, compared to 1.8 per cent in the North-East.

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