Cheshire East scores highly for first choice secondary school places

Cheshire East Council has worked with the borough's schools to offer first preference places to more than 94 per cent of secondary school applicants this year.

This is more than 0.5 per cent up on last years figure and 10.86 per cent better than the 2017 national average of 83.5 per cent. In total, 98.5 per cent of Cheshire East residents are being offered a place at a school of their choice for September 2018. Last year, the figure was 97.73 per cent.

The number of applications received for school places in Cheshire East remains high in 2018, with a total of 4,853 applications received. These included 4,004 from Cheshire East residents.

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