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Posted on 23rd May 2008

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The number of parents appealing against the allocation of their child to their non-first choice primary school is increasing.

Official statistics have shown that over 26,000 families are set to appeal after being refused a place at their top choice primary. This is an increase of 20 per cent over last year's results.

However, schools minister Jim Knight said that the appeals process was working and that 98 per cent of primary admission offers did not have an appeal heard against them, the BBC reports.

Mr Knight said: "I want every child to have a fair and equal chance of getting into a school, regardless of their background," the BBC reports.

He said that there would always be over-subscribed schools that were more popular than others but that "the key" was to give parents confidence that other local schools could meet their children's needs and talents.

The rise in appeals over primary school places is thought to be linked to the belief that where a child is first educated has a direct effect on their secondary education.
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