FAMILIES across Herefordshire are this morning joining those across England today with finding out which primary school their child will be attending.

Herefordshire Council said they have made a total of 1,680 offers of places in primary schools across the county to children set to start school in September 2020.

Of those, 1,608 (95.7 percent) of parents received an offer for their first choice of school, 55 (3.3 percent) for their second choice, and 4 (0.2 percent) for their third choice.

The balance of places offered, which is 13 or 0.8 percent, were to parents whose preferences could not be met and their offer was for the nearest school to their home address with available spaces.

In comparison to last year, the same number of parents got their first school preference (96 percent) or a place in one of their three preferences (99.2 percent compared to 99 percent in 2019).

As in previous years, Herefordshire schools continue to be a net importer of pupils, with more pupils from neighbouring counties requesting places in the county’s schools than Herefordshire pupils requesting places in other counties.

There are currently 15 Herefordshire primary schools with waiting lists and 60 have available spaces.

The council has continued to promote its online application service this year, which was used by 98.6 percent of families compared to 92.6 percent last year, which is an increase of 6 percent.