Changes to admissions procedures (England)

[UnquietDad]

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"The government had proposed to allow schools to publish an ethos statement and prioritise applications on the basis of parents' support.
But in its consultation, concerns were raised that parents might simply lie to get a place."

Nooooooo.

Reeeeally?

Surely not!

LOL

If parents are prepared to rent houses in catchment, or give false addresses, a few little lies to the headteacher about their personal ethos/support for the school ethos is hardly going to stop them.

I thought that was hilarious when I read it - do these people not live in the real world?

So automatically they will be penalising those children who actually need the most support from school and who would benefit most from going to a good school. Having said that nothing surprises me any more where Ed Balls is concerned.