Secondary school transfer - offers at 1 March 2022
Pupils will today find out which secondary school they will attend in September.
Birmingham pupils
15,214 Birmingham pupils applied to transfer to secondary school, up from 14,108 in 2021.
14,987 (98.5%) Number of applications received online
74,260 Total number of preferences submitted (up 3,801).
14,442 (94.93%) Offered one of their chosen preferences.
759 (4.99%) Offered a school place that was not one of their preferences (up 1.45%).
1,364 Offered a school outside of Birmingham, compared to 1,480 in 2021.
Total Preferences offered |
No. 2022 |
% 2022 |
No. 2021 |
% 2021 |
% Difference from 2021 |
First |
10,771 |
70.80 |
10,407 |
73.77 |
-2.97 |
Second |
1,990 |
13.08 |
1,686 |
11.95 |
+1.13 |
Third |
844 |
5.55 |
745 |
5.28 |
+0.27 |
Fourth |
417 |
2.74 |
384 |
2.72 |
+0.02 |
Fifth |
254 |
1.67 |
266 |
1.89 |
-0.22 |
Sixth |
166 |
1.09 |
120 |
0.85 |
+0.24 |
Total |
14,442 |
94.93 |
13,608 |
96.46 |
-1.53 |
Extra district pupils
1,533 Pupils who live in another local authority applied for a place at a Birmingham school (up 3).
2,836 Preferences were expressed (up 79).
568 Pupils who live in another local authority who applied for a Birmingham school were offered one of their preferences (down 2.57% from 583).
Total Preferences offered |
No. 2022 |
% 2022 |
No. 2021 |
% 2021 |
% Difference from 2021 |
First |
382 |
24.92 |
386 |
25.23 |
-0.31 |
Second |
93 |
6.07 |
114 |
7.45 |
-1.38 |
Third |
56 |
3.65 |
49 |
3.20 |
+0.45 |
Fourth |
26 |
1.70 |
20 |
1.31 |
+0.39 |
Fifth |
10 |
0.65 |
8 |
0.52 |
+0.13 |
Sixth |
1 |
0.07 |
6 |
0.39 |
-0.32 |
Total |
568 |
37.05 |
583 |
38.01 |
-0.96 |