Number of pupils offered place at their top three schools up four per cent (From Harrow Times)

92 per cent of students get place at one of their top three schools despite rise in number of applicants

9:25am Friday 8th March 2013 in News By Jaber Mohamed

Harrow Borough Council says the number of pupils offered a place at one of their top three choices of secondary school has risen by four per cent.

Figures shows 92 per cent of future year sevens in Harrow were offered a place at one of their top three choices of secondary school and 71 per cent offered their first choice.

Last year 88 per cent were offered a top-three choice and 69 per cent their first choice.

There was a slight increase in the number of people applying for 2013 places as the council received 2,329 applications on time, compared to 2,303 last year.

Parents whose children were not allocated a place at one of their preferred schools have been offered a place at an alternative school.