AQW 21268/17-22

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 01/07/2021
Answered On Date: 07/07/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the percentage of pupils who were able to secure places at their first choice post-primary school, broken down by constituency.

Answer:

Details of the percentage of pupils who were able to secure places at their first preference post-primary school, broken down by constituency are set out in the table below.

The information was correct as at the conclusion of the admissions process on 12 June 2021.

Table 1

Constituency	Percentage of pupils able to secure a place at first preference post-primary school
Belfast East	72
Belfast North	80
Belfast South	65
Belfast West	80
East Antrim	75
East Londonderry	94
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	91
Foyle	91
Lagan Valley	75
Mid Ulster	93
Newry and Armagh	89
North Antrim	85
North Down	84
South Antrim	85
South Down	89
Strangford	74
Upper Bann	94
West Tyrone	94