First Children Given Places To Attend New School

Places have been offered to the first children who will attend a new school in Market Harborough.

Wellington Place Primary School will open on the Airfield Farm Estate in September, initially to a reception year of up to 30 children.

16 children who will be starting school for the first time have been given places, while the remaining ones could be taken up by youngsters not offered a place at their first-choice school.

The new school will open in September

The announcement comes as Leicestershire County Council reveal a record 99%  of children across the county have been offered a place at one of their top three preferred schools.

7,012 applications were received and 94.6% of youngsters have secured a place at their first preference school, with 3.6% being offered their second preference and 0.9% being offered their third preference primary school.

Jane Moore, director of children and family services at Leicestershire County Council, said: “We’re so pleased that nearly all children in Leicestershire are finding out that they’ve got a place at one of their top three primary school preferences.

“It’s especially fantastic that there have been so many first choice places awarded, too.”

“We’re pleased for everyone with a successful outcome and recognise also that not every pupil has secured one of the places they had hoped for.

“There is support for families who want to talk about alternative school options or making an appeal. We want anyone needing this help to get in touch with us as soon as they can.