Council broke the law when it spied on family over school admissions

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Poole council used surveillance on the family 21 times with proper full-on tailing and descriptions of 'the target care' on surveillance forms.

Thank heavens for the Investigatory Powers Tribunal. I do hope ever other overpaid chief executive hears about this and realises they ain't sodding Jack Bauer.

The problem was that they used anti-terror legislation was it not?

However, the problem of people who lie in order to get into their chosen school needs to be addressed.

You have people who do live right next door whose children can't go there because someone who lives 10 miles away has lied to get a place.

However, parents do whatever they have to do for their own children. It is stupid to think for a second that a parent is going to put their child's needs second to the needs of other peoples children (I wouldn't. I don't. My kids come first for me and I expect that other peoples children come first for them!)

So I suppose what it comes down to is the schools themselves. Why are some so awful and others so fab and what can we do about that.

Wonder how much that cost?