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Table 2: Placing requests received and percentage granted, by sector, 1990/91 to 2005/06

Session (1)

Under statutory entry age primary (2)

Primary

Secondary

Special (4)

Received

Percentage

Received

Percentage

Received

Percentage

Received

Percentage

granted (3)

granted (3)

granted (3)

granted (3)

1990/91

998

37.4

15,541

95.0

8,867

87.5

n/a

n/a

1991/92

1,163

32.0

16,263

95.4

9,566

84.0

n/a

n/a

1992/93

1,064

36.2

17,565

94.1

10,534

83.8

n/a

n/a

1993/94

954

27.3

18,099

93.7

10,126

88.5

n/a

n/a

1994/95

855

26.3

19,780

91.9

10,274

83.6

24

100.0

1995/96

861

20.1

19,497

91.3

11,057

86.4

23

91.3

1996/97

617

33.7

20,695

92.0

10,956

81.2

12

50.0

1997/98

415

23.1

19,846

90.4

11,248

79.7

6

83.3

1998/99

327

21.7

19,459

91.3

11,155

81.6

67

92.5

1999/00

299

32.1

20,554

92.1

11,286

76.3

92

69.6

2000/01

218

29.4

18,919

90.7

10,959

74.9

130

73.1

2001/02

186

21.5

20,492

90.1

11,051

76.2

142

77.5

2002/03

176

23.9

19,440

89.4

11,692

71.1

92

67.4

2003/04

193

24.4

19,244

91.1

10,956

77.8

109

82.6

2004/05

197

21.3

18,670

91.1

11,507

76.2

140

75.0

2005/06

196

22.4

18,254

89.4

11,845

75.8

141

80.1

(1) Year from 1 August to 31 July.
(2) These are not technically placing requests, but are shown here for information. In 2004/05 ten of these were for schools other than the one the pupil would normally have entered. See background note 3
(3) Granted at initially or at any later stage
(4) Data for special schools not available before 1994/95. Includes grant aided and independent special schools from 2004/05 onwads.

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