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The vast majority of children in Oxfordshire have been offered their first choice primary schools for the 2023/2024 academic year.

In total, 6,729 (93.55 percent) of all applicants were given their choice for starting infant or primary school in the county.

This year’s figure is considerably higher than last year's, when 6,459 (91.49 percent) of children were given their first choice schools.

This year, there are 7,189 Oxfordshire children who need school places for September. This is 129 more than last year, when 7,060 Oxfordshire children needed school places.

The majority of Oxfordshire children secure places at their first choice primary schools for next academic year.

Hayley Good, Oxfordshire County Council’s deputy director of children’s services, said: "Our school admissions team has done an excellent job in ensuring that so many parents and children have been offered their first choice.

"I am grateful to the team for all its hard work. Our aim as a council is to give every child a good start in life, and our school admissions team play an essential part in that year in and year out."

Vast majority of Oxfordshire children offered first choice primary schools for 2023/24