Primary School First Preference Admission Rates for York, UK

Government Digital Service data shows the percentage of children in York, UK, who secured their first-choice primary school in the annual admissions round. The dataset is a snapshot linked to the academic year following the financial year shown and is published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license. Column-level details are not provided in the available metadata.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in first-preference success rates over time based on the annual snapshot structure
• Benchmark local education authority performance based on the York-specific geographic focus
• Model parental choice and school capacity planning based on admission round outcomes

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Government Digital Service
• Published under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 license for reuse

Limitations

• Row count and column definitions are unknown, limiting suitability assessment
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely administrative data collected from the local primary school admission process

Time Range

Relates to academic years following financial years shown; specific years unknown

Freshness

unknown

Geography

York, UK