Information Resilience and Transparency
Rm 2.87 Sessions House County Road
Please ask for: Kirsty-Leigh
Maidstone Kent ME14 1XQ
Robertson
FOI Reference: 2688933
Phone: +443000418301
Email:
xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Date: 6 August 2018
Dear Mr Chaplin
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000,
relating to secondary school applications. I am pleased to provide the response below:
(a) Which secondary school did parents in the CT5 postcode choose as their first
choice school in November 2017 for admission in September 2018 entry. If this
could be broken down into numbers for individual schools please. Please see the
table below. The data within the table shows information as at Secondary National
Offer Day; the number of first preferences from children with a CT5 postcode at the
time of application broken down by the school that was named. Alongside each school
is the number of offers made on National Offer Day (excluding any children that had the
school named on their Education, Health and Care Plan).
CT5 1st
National offer Day offers
DfE
School
preferences
(excl EHCP)
4242
Abbey School
12
206
5426
Archbishop's School
12
138
5444
Barton Court Grammar School
31
150
5421
Canterbury Academy
32
210
Chatham and Clarendon Grammar
5462
School
6
189
4091
Community College Whitstable
107
163
5448
Herne Bay High School
17
265
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar
5449
School
52
140
Simon Langton Girls' Grammar
4534
School
11
146
Simon Langton Grammar School
5412
for Boys
27
116
6911
Spires Academy
4
149
5446
St Anselm's Catholic School
17
182
(b) What are the current number of pupils due to enter the schools listed above in
year 7 in September 2018? We do not have current numbers expected to attend in
September. You will need to contact the schools directly for this information, I have
provided a link to our schools’ database which shows the schools contact details:
http://webapps.kent.gov.uk/KCC.SchoolSearch.Web.Sites.Public/Default.aspx
If you are unhappy with this response, and believe KCC has not complied with
legislation, please ask for a review by following our complaints process; details can be
found at this link
http://www.kent.gov.uk/about-the-council/contact-us/complaints-and-
feedback on our website. Please quote reference 2688933.
If you still remain dissatisfied following an internal review, you can appeal to the
Information Commissioner, who oversees compliance with the Freedom of Information
Act 2000. Details of what you need to do, should you wish to pursue this course of
action, are available from the Information Commissioner’s website
http://www.ico.org.uk/concerns.
Yours sincerely
Yours sincerely
Kirsty-Leigh Robertson
Information Access Officer