Most parents get secondary school of choice (From Braintree and Witham Times)
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Most parents get secondary school of choice
9:00am Friday 1st March 2013 in News
MORE than 86 per cent of parents have been offered their first choice of secondary school.
Essex County Council revealed a further seven per cent got their second preference, meaning 94 per cent of pupils will go to the school of their choice.
This is an increase of two per cent on last year. A total of 14,242 applications for secondary school places were made this year.
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howwhy
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12:27pm Fri 1 Mar 13
Essex County Council revealed a further seven per cent got their second preference, meaning 94 per cent of pupils will go to the school of their choice.
This is an increase of two per cent on last year. A total of 14,242 applications for secondary school places were made this year.
More than 86%?Why not use correct figures then.
7% get 2nd preference.86%+7%=93
%.Obviously someone at Essex County Council needs to go back to school.
Well done Essex County Council for,What?
Manipulated figures to make it look like you are serving the people of Essex.
Say It As It Is OK?
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12:38pm Fri 1 Mar 13
If 86% got there first choice then this the figure, not 93% or 94%.
As I understand it all parents had to include a second choice, whether they want it or not, therefore these parents did not get their child into the school of their choice.
sKorch
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2:13pm Fri 1 Mar 13
Scoot
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2:59pm Fri 1 Mar 13
So X + 7 = 94,
Therefore X = 94 - 7 = 87 %
So "More" at County Hall is 1%. Fine, but how many people put the school of their choice second ?? It would be madness to do this. So ECC is manipulating the figures for its own glory rather than just being honest and saying 87% of Children have got places at their preferred Secondary school.
howwhy
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5:05pm Fri 1 Mar 13
catalan
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10:44pm Fri 1 Mar 13
jeffbridges says...
11:55am Fri 1 Mar 13
great news for the parents eh.
one is left wondering if it was the parents children who are benefiting from this headline.