# School admissions in England, the 2015 intake

How the 2015 admissions round turned out across England: how many families applied, how many were offered the school they asked for, and how that compares with earlier years. Every figure here counts every school and council we hold for that year.

It describes demand. It does not indicate whether any particular child would be offered a place.

## Reception, September 2015

636,008 families named a primary school as their first choice for September 2015.

That is 1% fewer than in 2016, the highest year we hold, when it was 641,271.

87.8% of families were offered their first choice, and 95.9% were offered one of the three schools they named.

33.8% of primary schools received more first choices than they had offers to make, against 33.6% in 2014.

| Figure | 2015 |
|---|---:|
| Families naming a primary school first | 636,008 |
| Offered their first choice | 87.8% |
| Offered one of their three | 95.9% |
| Schools with more first choices than offers | 33.8% |
| Schools counted | 15,784 |

## Year 7, September 2015

525,564 families named a secondary school as their first choice for September 2015.

That is 15% fewer than in 2023, the highest year we hold, when it was 617,067.

84.2% of families were offered their first choice, and 95.0% were offered one of the three schools they named.

35.5% of secondary schools received more first choices than they had offers to make, against 33.6% in 2014.

| Figure | 2015 |
|---|---:|
| Families naming a secondary school first | 525,564 |
| Offered their first choice | 84.2% |
| Offered one of their three | 95.0% |
| Schools with more first choices than offers | 35.5% |
| Schools counted | 3,047 |

## Where these figures come from

Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers. Counts of applications and offers are published each June for the September that follows.

Full page: https://www.schoolrecord.co.uk/intake/2015