Majority of Nottinghamshire parents receive their first preference for a secondary school

Nottinghamshire County Council has contacted thousands of parents and carers on national secondary school offer day (1 March), with the majority of those applying on time receiving their preferred school for their child.

Demand for places has risen in recent years and the council’s school admissions team received more than 9,600 applications this year. Despite this, 89.6 per cent of Nottinghamshire residents have received an offer of their first preference school, with 97.1 per cent receiving an offer from one of their listed preferences.

Councillor Tracey Taylor, Cabinet Member for Children and Families at Nottinghamshire County Council, said: “I’d like to thank

Police arrest suspect within minutes of casino armed robbery report

everyone who applied to us on time for their child’s secondary school place for September. We continue to work hard with our schools to ensure that there are enough places for the county’s growing population and officers have been working with schools across the county to secure additional places locally.

“Moving to secondary school is a special time in a child’s education and I’m pleased that we continue our strong record in meeting parental preference. I also understand the disappointment where this is not the case and I’d like to reassure parents that we do our utmost to offer a preference school.

“We are committed to providing sufficient high quality school places and the council has an ambitious programme of school expansions and new school builds that aims to meet the increasing demand for places as more families choose to live and work here in Nottinghamshire.”

Any parent who has not been offered a higher preference will automatically be added to the waiting list and parents have a right to submit an appeal for those preferences. Parents are advised to accept their child’s offer, even if they plan to appeal for another school, until they have confirmed alternative plans for their child’s education.

The council follows the government’s school admissions code, which ensures that all school places for maintained schools and academies are allocated and offered in an open and fair way.

For further advice, parents can visit School admissions hub | Nottinghamshire County Council Families of children starting primary school in September 2023 will receive their school offer place on Monday, 17 April 2023

Police arrested a suspect within minutes after reports of an armed robbery at a city centre casino.

It was reported a man, believed to be armed with a knife, jumped over the counter at the Grosvenor Casino in Maid Marian Way and demanded a cashier to fill a bag with money. He ran off but officers chased after the suspect and detained him nearby.

The robbery happened around 9.37am today (Wednesday 8 March 2023).

A cashier suffered a minor stab wound to her hand during the incident.

A 26-year-old man is currently being questioned on suspicion of robbery.

Temporary Inspector Iain Blackstock, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: ““Robbery is an extremely serious offence and I am pleased officers were quickly able to arrest a suspect who remains in custody.

“In order to assist us with our ongoing enquiries into this incident I would urge anyone with information, including those who may have CCTV, dashcam or mobile phone footage, to contact us as soon as possible as it may aid us in our investigation.”

Anyone with any information or footage is urged to call Nottinghamshire Police on 101, quoting incident number 132 of 8 March 2023, or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.