Dear Mike Thompson

Thank you for your information request received on 06 June 2020.

We can confirm receipt of your request for information and will handle it
under the most appropriate legislation.  Your case reference number is FOI
12503

You can expect to receive a response by 03 July 2020.

Please note that due to the extraordinary circumstances as a result of
COVID-19, requests may take longer to process as we prioritise other areas
of service that safeguard the well-being of our residents.

The Council will be in touch if we need any further information.

Yours sincerely,

Information Management Team

Buckinghamshire Council

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Dear Mike Thompson

Thank you for your request for information received on 06 June 2020
concerning School Admissions for every primary and secondary state school.
Please accept my apologies for the delay.

This request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 
I can confirm that Buckinghamshire Council does hold information falling
within the description specified in your request.  Please find the
relevant details 

Request

Please could you provide me with the following information relating to
school admissions for every primary and secondary state school or state
school site within your local authority on national offer day 2020:

1. The name of the school or school site – see How places were allocated
into Reception

2. The DfE number or URN of the school – see Pan’s with DFE numbers and
Distances

3. The Published Admissions Number of the school in that year – see How
places were allocated into reception

4. The total number of times the school was listed as a preference – see
Preference numbers as at 16 April

5. The total number of offers made = 6348 including out of county
children, 6159 Bucks children

6. The number of offers made to siblings of existing pupils  = see sibling
count for FOI 12503

7. The number of offers made under any proximity or distance
oversubscription criterion = see Pan’s with DFE numbers and Distances 

8. The name of the admission criterion under which the last successful
applicant was admitted, e.g. "Distance" – see How places were allocated
into reception as at 16 April

9. The home-to-school distance and unit of measurement (and whether this
measurement was straight line or walking distance) of the last successful
applicant, where distance was used to prioritise this last place =
straight line for all schools except Danesfield & St Pauls  who use routed
- see How places were allocated into Reception

10. Whether the school was oversubscribed in that year = see how places
were allocated into reception

for secondary information please see RFI 12503 final (csv)

On 1 April 2020, the new Buckinghamshire Council replaced the five former
councils in Buckinghamshire (Aylesbury Vale District Council,
Buckinghamshire County Council, Chiltern District Council, South Bucks
District Council and Wycombe District Council).

All local government services previously provided by the former councils
have now transferred to the new council.

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If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision,
you can contact us at [1][Buckinghamshire Council request email] or by
writing to us at Information Governance, Buckinghamshire Council, The
Gateway, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury, HP19 8FF.

If you are not content with the outcome your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the internal review
procedure provided by Buckinghamshire Council.  You can contact the ICO
via their website [2]https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/ or by writing to
them at Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.  Alternatively, you can phone them on 0303
123 1113.

Yours sincerely,

A Roscoe

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relevant legislation and the Council’s policies and procedures. All such
monitoring will take place in accordance with relevant legislation
including privacy and data protection legislation. For details of how
Buckinghamshire Council uses personal information please see the Council’s
website.

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