Lincolnshire County Council

The vast majority of children, 99%, have been offered a place at one of their preferred primary schools this year.

There are around 6,795 children needing a primary school place this year, and 6,471 (95.23%) children will receive their first preference school. This is similar to last year’s impressive 95.75% and 95.39% in 2021.

A further 245 children (3.61%) have been offered their second preference, and 28 (0.41%) their third preference. A small minority of children, 51 (0.75%), will be offered a local school that isn’t one of their three preferences.

The vast majority of parents/carers will receive an e-mail containing a secure link to their offer letter on 17 April – go to http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions for further information.

Parents have until noon on 19 May 2023 to lodge an appeal against a school’s decision not to offer a place. If they return the appeal by the deadline, it will be heard before the start of the school year. If it is received late, it will still be heard, but this may be in September.

Because of appeals and movement on the reserve list, it is usual for the percentage of first preference to increase by the time children start in September.

Martin Smith, assistant director for education, said: “I’m delighted to see so many children getting their first choice school and this number should be even higher by September.

“It’s always our intention to support as many parents as possible with their preferences, and, yet again this year, the overwhelming majority of parents have been successful in gaining admission to the school of their choice.”

Car parking charges at Lincolnshire County Council’s coastal car parks come into effect again on Good Friday (7 April 2023).

From Good Friday until 31 October each year, parking charges apply in coastal car parks at Anderby Creek, Chapel Six Marshes, Huttoft, Marsh Yard and Wolla Bank.

Parking costs remain at just £1 for an hour, £2 for two hours, or £4 for over two hours. Disabled badge holders are exempt from the charges.

Visitors can pay for parking via app or by phone, or by card at the two new payment machines we’ve installed at Huttoft Car Terrace and Anderby Creek.

This year, we’ve also introduced an annual parking pass which allows visitors to park as often as they like in our coastal car parks, all season long. These cost £50 for the season and are available from the county council’s website at www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/coastalcountrypark.

Charges apply from 10am to 5pm. The car parks are open from 6am to 10pm. No parking is allowed overnight between 10pm and 6am, and any vehicles over 6m in length are not allowed to use the car parks.

Chris Miller, Head of Environment at Lincolnshire County Council, said: “We want to make it easier for visitors to enjoy the coast this season, so have introduced more ways to pay at our coastal country parks.

“You can still pay by app or by phone, but you can now pay by card at Anderby Creek and Huttoft, or even buy an annual pass if you visit regularly.

“The parking tickets are also transferrable, meaning you can visit more than one coastal car park in a day and not pay twice.

“You can also buy a ticket from Anderby or Huttoft through one of the machines and then take it to park elsewhere along the coast.

“Coastal car parking charges allow more people to visit and enjoy the beautiful Lincolnshire coast by providing a steady turnover of spaces in our car parks.

“And the money made through car parking charges gets invested right back into improving facilities along the coast.

“Last year, money from our coastal car parks helped pay for a new all-user path at Chapel Six Marshes Nature Reserve.”

Plan your visit to Lincolnshire’s Coastal Country Park at www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/coastalcountrypark.

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