26/07/2007

Adjudicator backs council's right to use lottery for school places

When you're relocating with school-age children, a top priority is to get them into a good school. But a recent ruling has put the system whereby parents can virtually guarantee a place for their children at a certain state school by buying a home close to it is under threat. An adjudicator has ruled in favour of Brighton and Hove Council's decision to allocate its school places via a lottery method, with the schools minister Jim Knight backing that decision. "It is absolutely right that schools and town halls are responsible for choosing their own fair and transparent admission arrangements," he said.

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