Data set from Secondary and primary school applications and offers

Grouped selective secondary application and offer data

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Published 13 June 2024

Last updated 13 June 2024

Grouped number and proportion of secondary offers by preference rank split by a) the LAs who have one or more selective schools and b) LAs who have no selective schools

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Secondary and primary school applications and offers
• Release: Academic year 2024/25
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • First preference rate
  • No offer rate
  • Non preferred offer rate
• Filters:
  • Grouped figures by whether LA offers selective schools
• Time period: 2020/21 to 2024/25

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	admissions_group	school_phase	admission_numbers	applications_received	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
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	selective	secondary	206538	189735	153553	80.93024482	18302	9.64608533	6270	3.30460906	178125	93.8809392	181972	95.90850397	7315	3.855377237	448	0.236118797
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	non-selective	secondary	448396	419841	351924	83.82316163	35074	8.35411501	11293	2.689827816	398291	94.86710445	403247	96.04755133	15685	3.735938129	909	0.216510536
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	total	secondary	654934	609576	505477	82.92272005	53376	8.756250246	17563	2.881182986	576416	94.56015329	585219	96.00427182	23000	3.773114427	1357	0.222613751
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	selective	secondary	210819	195355	157982	80.86918686	18524	9.482224668	6210	3.178828287	182716	93.53023982	186612	95.52455786	8298	4.247651711	445	0.227790433
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	non-selective	secondary	445092	424636	353976	83.35986586	35412	8.339377726	11436	2.693130116	400824	94.3923737	406020	95.61600995	17595	4.143548828	1021	0.240441225

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 17 variables

Variable name	Variable description
admission_numbers	Number of admission places available
admissions_group	Grouped figures by whether LA offers selective schools - selective groupings
applications_received	Number of applications received
first_preference_offers	Number of first preference offers
first_preference_offers_percent	First preference rate

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