Secondary school places confirmed across the country

Pupils across the country will find out today (1 March) which secondary school has offered them a place for September.

As it stands, nine out of ten schools are now rated good or outstanding by Ofsted.

Latest figures show 83.5 per cent of pupils were offered their first choice of secondary school and 94.6 per cent of pupils were offered one of their top three secondary schools last year, which follows the creation of 735,000 new school places since 2010.

School Standards Minister Nick Gibb said: “This morning, thousands of pupils will find out which secondary school they will be going to this September and thanks to our reforms and the hard work of teachers, 1.9 million more children are now going to good or outstanding schools than in 2010.

“We are raising standards across the country so that every child can go to a good school where they are taught the knowledge and skills they need for future success and we’re investing £5.8 billion to create even more good school places.

“This builds on the 735,000 places we’ve created since 2010 – meaning 9 out of 10 pupils get one of their top three choices of schools.”