Primary school national offer day
Almost 99 percent of children who are due to start school this September in Telford and Wrekin have been offered a place at one of their preferred primary schools.
Today (April 16) is national offer day when parents and carers of children due to start in reception or move from infant to juniors in September are offered a place.
Telford & Wrekin Council received 2,002 on time applications and offered every pupil a place.
In total, 1867 applicants were offered a place at their first-choice school, 94 applicants were offered a place at their second choice, 13 applicants their third choice and 4 applicants their fourth preference.
Councillor Shirley Reynolds, Cabinet Member for Children, Young People, Education, Employment and Skills, said:
“We have been able to offer 98.8 percent of pupils one of their preferred primary school places, with a large majority being offered a place at the first choice.
“This is great news and means we have again been able to maintain a very high number of children being offered a preferred place, similar to previous years.
“As a Council, we are committed to providing more and more school places at both primary and secondary. In recent years, our Council has been investing heavily in schools across the Borough, expanding schools’ capacity by hundreds of places, to ensure every local child and young person can attend a local school and benefit from modern facilities.
“But we’ve also earmarked additional funding in this year’s budget to expand more schools and provide more places. This will help meet the growing demand as we welcome more families who are choosing to call Telford and Wrekin home.
“Education is the cornerstone of a vibrant community. By investing in our schools, we are investing in our future.”
The council will notify parents and carers by email of their primary school application outcome today (16 April), but they can also view their primary school offer by logging on the Parent Portal account on the Council’s website.
Parents and carers whose children have an Education, Health, and Care Plan (EHCP) have already been informed of their September school place.
The investment of £45.2m in schools, funded through a combination of government grant and developer contributions, is part of an overall budget which will also see £365m invested in a wide range of service areas, helping to create jobs, homes, transport improvements and boost town centres.