Having spoken to parents of classmates of DC, it seems like a lot of children in her class were offered a school low down on their list of preferences or even a school not listed!
I spoke to my local council’s admissions dept (different to DC school) and the placing said it was very difficult placing children this year as there had been a spike in the local population.
This is in the West Midlands. I’m curious about other areas as I really felt for the kids/parents given a random, far flung school.
Anyone with some insight into this?