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Thousands of children find out which Primary School they will attend on National Offer Day
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Students to find out allocated places on National primary school offer day
Today (19 April) is ‘National Offer Day’ and children across the country will learn which primary school they will be attending in September 2022.
Walsall Council has invested heavily in its primary schools, increasing the number of places available in schools in areas of high demand. Thousands of children will be offered places at Walsall primary schools - with an increase in percentage of children in the borough who applied on-time, being offered a place at their preferred school.
In Walsall, 3440 reception applications were received on time and every applicant has received an offer of a school place for September 2022. Of those, 3182 (92.5%) received their first preference, 152 (4.4%) their second preference and 44 (1.3%) their third preference.
“ We have worked in partnership with Walsall schools and families to highlight the importance of getting applications in on time and this has worked. It’s a real achievement and this terrific effort from both school and families has seen a higher proportion of families being allocated their first preference of primary school.
Our thanks must go to everyone that has made this happen and we wish joy and success to those children starting their learning journeys at primary school in September 2022.
Of the 62 children in Walsall not offered one of their preferred schools, 48 of these applicants had expressed a preference for only one school - rather than using all of the three preferences that every applicant is entitled to. Walsall Council advises applicants to utilise all three preferences and also recommends that all families contact their preferred schools before submitting an application as well as ensuring that they get their applications in by the deadline date. Offers are NOT made on a first come, first served basis but applications received on time are processed before those received after the deadline date.
The entire primary schools admissions process is now online, so parents can view their results on ‘offer day’ by logging into Walsall Council’s School Admissions Portal.
The council will also be sending emails to the families of all those children who submitted on time applications to confirm their school allocation. “
Primary school offer numbers and percentages (as of 19 April 2022)
- The table below shows the outcomes from the 2022 primary admission rounds.
- The data relates to on-time applications from Walsall residents only,
Please note that this data is a snapshot of the position at the time the offers and is subject to change throughout the admission round.
| Reception Offers |
September 2022 |
September 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Total Walsall on-time applications | 3440 | 3541 |
| Offered 1st preference | 3182 (92.5%) | 3235 (91.4%) |
| Offered 2nd preference | 152 (4.4%) | 161 (4.5%) |
| Offered 3rd preference | 44 (1.3%) | 51 (1.4%) |
| Offered one of their top three preferences | 3378 (98.2%) | 3447 (97.3%) |
| Not offered any preferred school and allocated an alternative | 62 (1.8%) | 94 (2.7%) |
