It was good news for lots of Bromley parents on Thursday (April 16) as 83 per cent were told their children would start their primary education at their first choice school.

A further eight percent of the 3,989 applicants were accepted for their second choice school and three per cent got into their third.

Bromley Council said the results are the borough’s best ever with the number of children receiving their first or second preference up four per cent on last year.

Two per cent of the applicants, 86 children, missed out on all of the six choices and were offered an alternative by the council.

Across London, 80.9 per cent of kids got into their first choice on admissions day after a record-breaking 103,387 applications.

Elsewhere in England, up to one in five children missed out on their top choice.

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The council said it has been working with local schools to increase the number of places available.

A spokesperson said: “Bromley primary admissions statistics are particularly good this year with 91 per cent of applicants getting one of their top two preferences and 98 per cent gaining one of their six choices.

“The news was published on the Pan London Admissions site just after 6 pm on 16 April and first class letters were sent in the post.

"Bromley has had to create 465 additional school places this year through bulge classes, permanently expanding more local schools and new free schools opening.

"This means that there are 720 more school places available to Bromley families than there were in 2010.”

The council published a statement on its website at around 5pm on Thursday warning parents and carers they would not be able to access the results online following technical problems.

The local authority said offers would instead, be sent out by first class post and apologised for the inconvenience.

But the problem was quickly resolved and the results available to view online.

How did your children get on with their primary school applications? Call the news desk on 01689 885726 or email harriet.collier@london.newsquest.co.uk