Local Birth Rate

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Does anyone know of a website where I can search what the birth rate was in a certain year for the area that I live?

Just had the forms to fill in for my daughter to start primary school and Im well out of the distance for the school I want.

I remember my health visitor saying it was a low rate for 2004 in my area, but would really like to check.

If you go to your local council webite they may have a births/deaths/marriages section that has this information, my local one does.

You could try ringing the LEA. Was talking to someone about this recently and they said that the LEA will have some idea of how many children will be applying for each school.

Thanks for those ideas will ring them tomorrow!

Definitely try the Council (or whoever runs the admissions process). They will know the predicted populations for the next few school years. They may also hold maps of who got places in each school for each year.

Even when its not a catchment system, the maps can be useful because each schools "area" can be an odd shape i.e. they might take pupils from a long way out in one direction (if there's no other nearby shcool) but not take students from even a couple of roads away in another direction. And you can see if you would have got in in any previous years when the birth rate was low.

You might need to take more account of the number of families who will move into your area immediately prior to the school admissions deadline (many of whom will 'rent' properties temporarily).

I was blown away by how this affects families already living in the area, who apply for their local schools believing that they will get a place!