Parents of 16,558 pupils are discovering the outcome of their secondary school applications today in Essex (Monday 2 March).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
97% of children – more than 19 out of every 20 – are being offered one of their named preferences of secondary schools for the 2026 academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A total of 83.47% are being offered their parents\u2019 first preference this year, with a further 8.85% being offered their second preference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This means 92.32% have been offered either their parents\u2019 first or second preference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year, 99% of families applied online and will receive their offer by email or the council\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Councillor Tony Ball, Cabinet Member for Education Excellence, Lifelong Learning and Employability at Essex County Council, said: \u201cI\u2019m extremely pleased to see, once again, that we have been able to offer so many pupils their parents\u2019 preferred secondary school place this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c97% of children being offered one of their named preferences is a brilliant result. Starting secondary school is a hugely important milestone in a child\u2019s life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI hope those embarking on this exciting next step enjoy their last few months at primary and junior school before starting their next academic adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cllr Peter Schwier AIEMA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cabinet Member for Environment, Waste Reduction & Recycling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/strong>Hedingham Division, Essex County Council<\/p>\n\n\n\n Renewal, Equality & Ambition<\/p>\n\n\n\n Safer, Greener, Healthier<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Parents of 16,558 pupils are discovering the outcome of their secondary school applications today in Essex (Monday 2 March). 97% of children – more than 19 out of every 20 – are being offered one of their named preferences of secondary schools for the 2026 academic year. A total of 83.47% are being offered their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":811,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions\/811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}