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06 Sept 2025

Large increase in secondary school first preferences

Large increase in secondary school first preferences

There has been a big increase in the number of families being allocated their first choice of Devon secondary school places for September.

New figures show that 92.5 per cent of families who applied for a place next September have been offered their first preference.

That compares with 90.4 per cent last year.

In all, 97.8 per cent of families will get one of their three preferences with 4.7 per cent allocated their second preference and 0.6 per cent their third.

That compares with 96.8 per cent last year.

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