Data set from Primary and secondary school applications and offers

Secondary and primary schools applications and offers 2026

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Published 18 June 2026

Last updated 18 June 2026

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 2026/27
• Number of rows: 4,214
• 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 2026/27

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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	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
202627	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Primary	z	673785	541547	524137	96.78513592	z	z	500512	92.42263368	25908	4.784072297	6244	1.152993184	532664	98.35969916	534307	98.66308926	6839	1.262863611	401	0.074047128	522017	96.37853746	19615	3.621462543	486
202627	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Primary	z	32792	24679	23022	93.28578954	z	z	23644	95.80615098	597	2.41906074	115	0.465983225	24356	98.69119494	24371	98.75197536	237	0.960330645	71	0.287693991	24055	97.26658849	676	2.733411508	123
202627	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000037	390	Gateshead	Primary	R	2494	1785	1669	93.50140056	z	3	1751	98.0952381	28	1.568627451	2	0.112044818	1781	99.77591036	1781	99.77591036	4	0.224089636	0	0	1772	97.90055249	38	2.099447514	25
202627	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000021	391	Newcastle upon Tyne	Primary	R	3365	2886	2487	86.17463617	z	4	2675	92.68884269	118	4.088704089	40	1.386001386	2833	98.16354816	2845	98.57934858	41	1.420651421	0	0	2730	94.59459459	156	5.405405405	0
202627	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000022	392	North Tyneside	Primary	R	2516	2025	1891	93.38271605	z	3	1856	91.65432099	71	3.50617284	21	1.037037037	1948	96.19753086	1948	96.19753086	35	1.728395062	42	2.074074074	1907	96.1674231	76	3.832576904	0

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 27 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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Email: school.preference@education.gov.uk
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