Data set from Primary and secondary school applications and offers

Secondary and primary schools applications and offers 2025

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Published 12 June 2025

Last updated 12 June 2025

Number of places and applications: number and proportion of offers by preference rank; number and proportion of offers inside and outside home local authority.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Primary and secondary school applications and offers
• Release: Academic year 2025/26
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • First preference rate
  • Home LA offer rate
  • No offer rate
• Filters:
  • School phase
• Time period: 2014/15 to 2025/26

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	new_la_code	old_la_code	la_name	school_phase	nc_year_admission	admission_numbers	applications_received	online_applications	online_apps_percent	no_of_preferences_99	first_preference_offers	first_preference_offers_percent	second_preference_offers	second_preference_offers_percent	third_preference_offers	third_preference_offers_percent	one_of_the_three_preference_offers	one_of_the_three_preference_offers_percent	preferred_school_offer	preferred_school_offer_percent	non_preferred_offer	non_preferred_offer_percent	no_offer	no_offer_percent	schools_in_la_offer	schools_in_la_offer_percent	schools_in_another_la_offer	schools_in_another_la_offer_percent	offers_to_nonapplicants
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Primary	z	683507	550270	533156	96.88989042	z	509344	92.5625602	25690	4.668617224	6097	1.108001527	541131	98.33917895	542805	98.64339324	7136	1.296817926	329	0.059788831	531590	96.57967792	18826	3.420322084	475
202526	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Primary	z	33139	24902	23218	93.23749096	z	23818	95.64693599	705	2.831097904	111	0.44574733	24634	98.92378122	24641	98.95189141	226	0.907557626	35	0.14055096	24423	97.75065039	562	2.24934961	118
202526	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000037	390	Gateshead	Primary	R	2504	1789	1664	93.01285634	3	1733	96.86975964	48	2.683063164	4	0.223588597	1785	99.7764114	1785	99.7764114	4	0.223588597	0	0	1783	98.3995585	29	1.600441501	23
202526	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000021	391	Newcastle upon Tyne	Primary	R	3412	2894	2550	88.11333794	4	2680	92.60539046	133	4.595715273	32	1.105736006	2845	98.30684174	2849	98.44505874	45	1.554941258	0	0	2763	95.47339323	131	4.526606773	0
202526	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000022	392	North Tyneside	Primary	R	2530	2044	1884	92.17221135	3	1889	92.41682975	83	4.060665362	20	0.978473581	1992	97.45596869	1992	97.45596869	40	1.956947162	12	0.587084149	1974	97.14566929	58	2.854330709	0

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 26 variables

Variable name	Variable description
admission_numbers	Number of admission places available
applications_received	Number of applications received
first_preference_offers	Number of first preference offers
first_preference_offers_percent	First preference rate
nc_year_admission	Year of admission

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