96.9% of year 6 pupils have been allocated their first preference secondary school by Cornwall Council for later this year.

5,409 pupils have been allocated a place at their first preference school and 5,539 (99.2 %) pupils have been allocated a place in one of their three preferred schools.

Liskeard councillor Sally Hawken, the Council’s cabinet member for children and well-being, welcomed the high number of children in Cornwall who would be attending a preferred secondary school and acknowledged the hard work of the School Admissions Team in ensuring that applications received by the national deadline were dealt with efficiently and within published timescales.

‘I am delighted that once again the Council is able to offer a very high number of children a place at their preferred school,’ she said.