§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils were not allocated the secondary school of their first, second and third preference in the last three years; and if she will make a statement. [70665]
§ Mr. MilibandInformation is not routinely collected on parental preference and their outcomes in the admissions process. A research project commissioned by the DfES entitled, "Parents' experiences of the process of choosing a secondary school" published in June 2001 revealed that (from a sample of 2,170 parents)
85 per cent. of parents were offered a place in their favourite school (I)92 per cent. received an offer of a place in a first preference school (2)96 per cent. of parents were offered a place in a school for which they expressed a preference.91 per cent. of parents said they were satisfied with the outcome of the application processCopies of the report and research brief are available on the Departments website at: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/research/(1) Favourite school refers to the school identified by surveyed parents as the school that they most wanted their child to attend out of all the names of schools to which the parents applied to for a place.
(2) First preference school refers to: (i) schools ranked first in the applications to Local Education Authority controlled schools in the parents' own Local Education Authority; (ii) schools which an application was made and which are their own admissions authorities, and (iii) applications to Local Education Authority controlled schools which an application is made, which are in a Local Education Authority other than the one in which the parent is resident.
§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils who wanted co-educational secondary education were put in single sex schools in the last three years; and if she will make a statement. [70664]
§ Mr. MilibandThe information requested is not available centrally.