Six per cent of children have not been allocated a place at one of their preferred secondary or upper schools by Hertfordshire County Council. Of the 14,731 youngsters who applied this year, 77% got a place at their first preference school and 96% got one of their choices. Cllr Caroline Clapper, cabinet member for education, libraries and lifelong learning, said: “Moving on to secondary or upper school is an important step and we work extremely hard to make the applications and allocation process smooth and straightforward. We want to ensure that as many children as possible get a place at one…