Understanding parental choices of secondary school in England using national administrative data

Ellen Greaves; Simon Burgess; Anna Vignoles

Understanding parental choices of secondary school in England using national administrative data

Ellen Greaves, Simon Burgess, Anna Vignoles

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We study the process of school choice in England, using a new dataset giving all the preferences of all parents seeking a school place in state secondary schools. We set out new facts on the number of choices made, the chance of getting an offer from the first choice, and whether the nearest school is first choice. We use the rich data available to describe these choices by pupil characteristics, school characteristics and neighbourhood characteristics. We show that parents do pro-actively use the choice system, but that the admissions criteria do not work well for poorer families.

Original language	English
Publisher	University of Bristol
Volume	17 / 689
Publication status	Published - 31 Oct 2017

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Name	Discussion Paper

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