Southwark Council has offered more than 2,000 families a place at their first-choice secondary school for the September 2022 intake – their highest percentage on record.
A total of 2,056 families received an offer at their first preference secondary school out of 2,965 applications, equating to 69 per cent.
2,791 (94.1%) Southwark families have received a secondary school place of their preference through the admissions process.
Whereas 174 families were not able to be offered a school of preference and have been offered an alternative – this is the lowest number without a preference recorded in the last five years.
Tonight (March 1) parents will be notified by email from the eAdmissions system which will confirm their child’s offer and provide information on what to do next.
The number of applicants wishing for a place at one of Southwark’s secondary schools was 57 more than last year.
This is the highest percentage and number offered since the council’s records began in 2009.
“After the past two years of disruption and challenges for everyone during the pandemic, this offers fresh and exciting hope for the future,” said Cllr Jasmine Ali, deputy leader and cabinet member for children, young people and education.
“I extend my sincere thanks to all the school and council staff who have worked so hard to manage the application process, and all the best to the children starting secondary school in September,” she added.
The email notifying parents/guardians of their child’s school will be sent to the same email address that was used by when registering to apply online.
Families will also be able to find out the outcome of their application by logging into the eAdmissions website using their unique user name and password during the evening of 1 March 2022.
“Transition to secondary school is an exciting time for families – we recognise however, families that did not receive a school of their preference and have been allocated an alternative school often have additional queries and/or support needs to help them through the change of school process,” said a council spokesperson.
“Our school admission officers will be available to meet with these families to provide direct support at secondary post-offer admissions surgeries which will be held online using the video call tool on the Zoom platform,” they added.