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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Donald MacLeod

The strangeness of the school admissions figures

Admissions. Pupils in a classroom
Photograph: David Levene

The school admissions tables published this week by the Department for Children Schools and Families (DCSF) show what proportion of parents in each local authority in England secured their first, second and third choice of secondary school for the coming year, along with the numbers of applications.

Among the interesting details are the wide differences in the percentage of online applications, for instance between Newcastle and Gateshead on opposite banks of the river Tyne. What is going on?
DATA: full admissions listings by local authority

Education site tables

• Can you do something with this data? Please post us your visualisations and mash-ups below or mail us at datastore@theguardian.com

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