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Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026. All dates

Secondary applicants offered their first choice, September 2026 Harder 60%98% Easier
First choice, England
84%
of 589,747 secondary applicants, September 2026
Schools with a report card
3,188of 22,011
The rest hold an older result · how to read them
New report cards, September 2026
739
265 with an area at Needs attention or below · see them

New Ofsted report cards

All 739 from September 2026 · every month

Merton · Primary William Morris Primary School
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
Inspected 1 July 2026 Sheffield · Primary Meersbrook Bank Primary School
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
Inspected 14 July 2026 Cheshire West and Chester · Special Dee Banks School
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
Inspected 23 June 2026 Bexley · Secondary St Catherine's Catholic School
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
Inspected 7 July 2026 Middlesbrough · Primary Viewley Hill Academy
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
Inspected 7 July 2026 Cornwall · Primary Berrycoombe School
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
Inspected 9 September 2026 Enfield · Primary Wolfson Hillel Primary School
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
Inspected 23 June 2026 Wakefield · Alternative provision Enrich Academy
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
Inspected 23 June 2026

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Where is a first-choice secondary place hardest to get?

All 152 local authorities

  1. Greenwich 60%
  2. Wandsworth 60%
  3. Lambeth 61%
  4. Richmond upon Thames 62%
  5. Lewisham 63%
  6. Hammersmith and Fulham 64%
  7. Harrow 66%
  8. Westminster 66%
  9. Islington 66%
  10. Bromley 66%
  11. Kensington and Chelsea 67%
  12. Hillingdon 67%
  13. Merton 67%
  14. Liverpool 68%
  15. Bexley 68%

Share of secondary applicants offered their first preference, September 2026. Authorities with 500 or more applicants. Source: DfE.

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East Midlands

87% first choice, secondary
2,093 schools · 10 local authorities
Local authorities

Derby · Derbyshire · Leicester · Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · North Northamptonshire · Nottingham · Nottinghamshire · Rutland · West Northamptonshire

East of England

85% first choice, secondary
2,567 schools · 11 local authorities
Local authorities

Bedford · Cambridgeshire · Central Bedfordshire · Essex · Hertfordshire · Luton · Norfolk · Peterborough · Southend-on-Sea · Suffolk · Thurrock

London

70% first choice, secondary
2,564 schools · 33 local authorities
Local authorities

Barking and Dagenham · Barnet · Bexley · Brent · Bromley · Camden · City of London · Croydon · Ealing · Enfield · Greenwich · Hackney · Hammersmith and Fulham · Haringey · Harrow · Havering · Hillingdon · Hounslow · Islington · Kensington and Chelsea · Kingston upon Thames · Lambeth · Lewisham · Merton · Newham · Redbridge · Richmond upon Thames · Southwark · Sutton · Tower Hamlets · Waltham Forest · Wandsworth · Westminster

North East

90% first choice, secondary
1,144 schools · 12 local authorities
Local authorities

County Durham · Darlington · Gateshead · Hartlepool · Middlesbrough · Newcastle upon Tyne · North Tyneside · Northumberland · Redcar and Cleveland · South Tyneside · Stockton-on-Tees · Sunderland

North West

86% first choice, secondary
3,206 schools · 24 local authorities
Local authorities

Blackburn with Darwen · Blackpool · Bolton · Bury · Cheshire East · Cheshire West and Chester · Cumberland · Halton · Knowsley · Lancashire · Liverpool · Manchester · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford · Sefton · St. Helens · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford · Warrington · Westmorland and Furness · Wigan · Wirral

South East

83% first choice, secondary
3,382 schools · 19 local authorities
Local authorities

Bracknell Forest · Brighton and Hove · Buckinghamshire · East Sussex · Hampshire · Isle of Wight · Kent · Medway · Milton Keynes · Oxfordshire · Portsmouth · Reading · Slough · Southampton · Surrey · West Berkshire · West Sussex · Windsor and Maidenhead · Wokingham

South West

91% first choice, secondary
2,372 schools · 15 local authorities
Local authorities

Bath and North East Somerset · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · Bristol, City of · Cornwall · Devon · Dorset · Gloucestershire · Isles of Scilly · North Somerset · Plymouth · Somerset · South Gloucestershire · Swindon · Torbay · Wiltshire

West Midlands

82% first choice, secondary
2,439 schools · 14 local authorities
Local authorities

Birmingham · Coventry · Dudley · Herefordshire, County of · Sandwell · Shropshire · Solihull · Staffordshire · Stoke-on-Trent · Telford and Wrekin · Walsall · Warwickshire · Wolverhampton · Worcestershire

Yorkshire and the Humber

88% first choice, secondary
2,244 schools · 15 local authorities
Local authorities

Barnsley · Bradford · Calderdale · Doncaster · East Riding of Yorkshire · Kingston upon Hull, City of · Kirklees · Leeds · North East Lincolnshire · North Lincolnshire · North Yorkshire · Rotherham · Sheffield · Wakefield · York