Parents of children in the last year of primary school will find out today (Monday 3 March 2025) which secondary school their child has been offered a place at from September 2025.
In total 96.98% of pupils have been allocated a place at one of their three preference schools and 93.36% of pupils were allocated a place at either their first or second preference school. In total, 81.57% of pupils have received a place at their first preference school for 2025/26.
Overall, 2,988 offers were made to Peterborough schools - a slight decrease on last year.
There has been a reduction in the proportion of pupils offered a place at one of their preferred Peterborough secondary schools for 2025 because of unprecedented numbers of Year 6 children arriving in Peterborough within the current academic year.
To date, Peterborough City Council’s admissions team received 150 applications for children new to the city in Year 6 within the 2024-2025 academic year.
Councillor Katy Cole, Cabinet Member for Children's Services, said: “Once again we have seen unprecedented numbers of pupils joining Peterborough primary schools in Year 6 meaning there is a greater demand for secondary school places than we had predicted and planned. This has resulted in slightly less children being offered one of their first or second preference schools. However, despite this unique challenge for our admissions team, to have over 96.98 per cent of pupils being offered one of their three preferences is still an excellent outcome.
“I would like to thank parents and carers for getting their applications in on time which will always give them the best chance of securing a place at one of their three preference schools. I would also like to thank our admissions team for their excellent work at this busy time of year, processing and allocating thousands of places to children in this city.”
Parents will also receive an email today with their offer giving details of how they should accept or decline their offer and the appeal process should they wish to appeal the place their child has been offered.
Any parent that applied on a paper application form will have their outcome posted to them on 3 March 2025.
All school place offers must be accepted by 17 March 2025 to ensure a school place is secured for September 2025.
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