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- London experienced a 1.6% fall in secondary school applications this year, totaling 86,057.
- 70.5% of applicants received offers from their first-choice schools, unchanged.
- Councillor Ian Edwards said boroughs are ensuring sufficient places despite declining pupil numbers.
- The Education Policy Institute noted nine of the ten local authorities with the largest drops in primary pupils are in London.
