{"id":4755,"date":"2018-04-09T12:31:53","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T12:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westminsterradio.net\/?p=4755"},"modified":"2018-04-09T12:31:53","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T12:31:53","slug":"london-school-crisis-up-to-half-of-pupils-miss-their-first-pick-secondary-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/london-school-crisis-up-to-half-of-pupils-miss-their-first-pick-secondary-school\/","title":{"rendered":"London School Crisis: Up To Half of Pupils Miss Their First-pick Secondary School"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u00a0Letter of School Decision. Photograph: Richard Zou, University of Westminster \u2191<\/strong><\/h6>\n

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During the application season of secondary school places recently, London families receiving letters of\u00a0decisions haven\u2019t been fortunate. Data shows there is ONE-THIRD of teens do not get into their first-choice school. In some parts of the city, the figure is even up to 50%.<\/p>\n

The worst number comes from Hammersmith and Fulham among the results of each borough,- only 51% of kids are admitted to their first-line places. And in other areas such as Kensington and Chelsea, the application has also disappointed at least 45% of\u00a0children.<\/p>\n

Investigation shows that nationally 83 percent of students are accepted by their first pick. While in the capital, the number is only 60% on average.<\/p>\n

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\u2191 The battle for secondary school places in London. Source: London Evening Standard Graphic<\/strong><\/h6>\n

In every application year, parents need to choose 6 schools in order of preference. Pan-London Admissions Board will then allocates the school places.<\/p>\n

Laurel Fishwick, a mother living in Fulham, has just received a decision letter from the council. Her child is assigned to a school far from home which they did not list at all.\u00a0 \u2018Not Acceptable At All\u2019 are the words she uses to describe her feeling\uff1a<\/p>\n

However, this is not the only case. During this season, 6,442 students are not arranged to any of their selection – Out of those, 620 have no offer at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this year, there are 3,908 more applicants than usual. The total number reaches 92,509, which is nearly 5% more than last year.\u201d Says\u00a0 Peter Johnthe, deputy chairman of the London Council.<\/p>\n

The official analysis turns out that the cause of this imbalance is the rise of 11-year-olds, as probably a result of immigration over a decade ago.<\/p>\n

An officer at the Department for Education, who asks not to be named, states the department\u2019s plan:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2018\/04\/nic-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

It is estimated that by 2025, the number of London applicants will increase by 540,000, or 19% than before. The Education Department and councils still need more measures to prevent this from happening again.<\/p>\n

For those who want to appeal to the school division, please click HERE<\/a> for further details.<\/p>\n

Report by: Shuyue(Richard) Zou<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Letter of School Decision. Photograph: Richard Zou, University of Westminster \u2191   During the application season of secondary school places recently, London families receiving letters of\u00a0decisions haven\u2019t been fortunate. Data shows there is ONE-THIRD of teens do not get into…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":607,"featured_media":4693,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-archive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t