Parents to hear secondary school place news this week

PARENTS are due to hear about their child’s secondary school place this week.

Derbyshire County Council will make offers of places to around 8,810 Derbyshire children from Monday and, of those parents who applied by the closing date, 91.2 per cent are due to be offered their first choice school.

Overall, 95 per cent have been offered a place at one of their three preferred schools.

Derbyshire County Council’s cabinet member for young people Councillor Alex Dale said: “I’d like to thank everyone who applied to us on time for their child’s secondary school place.

“I’d also like to thank our school admissions and transport team for processing almost 9900 applications and helping parents with their applications. There were a few parents who didn’t make a secondary school application, in this case, the parents will be offered the normal area school for their home address if the school has vacancies or the nearest school with vacancies if the normal area school is oversubscribed.

“Parents can still make an application for preferred schools if they wish.”

The small number of parents who have not been offered a place at their preferred school have the right of appeal to an independent panel. Information on how to appeal is available online by visiting www. derbyshire.gov.uk/admissions

Alternatively parents can obtain information from the council’s school admissions and transport team by calling 01629 537479.