School admissions in England, the 2014 intake
How the 2014 round turned out: who applied, and who was offered the school they asked for.
This is the 2014 round. It is complete and the figures do not change, but a more recent one has been published: the 2026 intake.
Figures on this page cover every school and council for the 2014 intake. The home page chart covers only schools with a figure in every year, so its totals are lower.
Reception, September 2014
623,146 families named a primary school as their first choice for September 2014.
That is 3% fewer than in 2016, the highest year we hold, when it was 641,271.
87.7% of families were offered their first choice, and 95.4% were offered one of the three schools they named.
33.6% of primary schools received more first choices than they had offers to make, against 33.6% in 2014.
| Families naming a primary school first | 623,146 |
| Offered their first choice | 87.7% |
| Offered one of the three schools they named | 95.4% |
| Schools that received more first choices than they had offers to make | 33.6% |
| Schools counted | 15,699 |
Year 7, September 2014
513,764 families named a secondary school as their first choice for September 2014.
That is 17% fewer than in 2023, the highest year we hold, when it was 617,067.
85.2% of families were offered their first choice, and 95.3% were offered one of the three schools they named.
33.6% of secondary schools received more first choices than they had offers to make, against 33.6% in 2014.
| Families naming a secondary school first | 513,764 |
| Offered their first choice | 85.2% |
| Offered one of the three schools they named | 95.3% |
| Schools that received more first choices than they had offers to make | 33.6% |
| Schools counted | 3,025 |
What this does not tell you
It describes demand. It does not indicate whether any particular child would be offered a place.
These are national figures. A council where first choices fell still contains schools that turned children away, and a council where they rose still contains schools with places left over. For one school, read its own page.
Other intake years
Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers. Published each June for the September that follows. Figures for a given intake do not change once published. This page as Markdown. What we hold.