Most children in Central Bedfordshire offered first-preference school
Emails and letters were sent out to families yesterday (Thursday)
Children across Central Bedfordshire recently discovered where they will be starting school or transferring to middle school in September.
Out of the applications for a primary or lower school for September 2020, 95 per cent of families in Central Bedfordshire have received their first preference.
For children who are due to transfer to middle school in September, 89 per cent of applicants got their first preference.
Councillor Sue Clark, our Executive Member for Families, Education and Children, said: "Our School Admissions team works tremendously hard to ensure as many children as possible are allocated their first preference of school, so we’re delighted that a high percentage families have received this welcome piece of good news.
"We also recognise that there will be a small percentage of children that didn’t get the offer they’d hoped for and I’d urge them to look on our website which has information on possible next steps."
More than 94 per cent of applications for school starters and 96 per cent of those transferring to middle school were made online, and these families received an email with their offer yesterday morning (Thursday), with offer letters for other applicants sent out by post on the same day.
Parents who wish to change the place their child has been offered should submit a change of preference form by Thursday, April 30.
These will then be considered – along with any late applications – on Thursday, May 21, for middle schools, and Monday, June 1, for starting school.