Figures show 98 per cent of primary admissions offers and over 94 per cent of secondary offers did not have any appeals heard against them in 2006/07. Statistics also revealed that more parents (3.1 per cent) appealed against the school place allocated to their child in 2006/7 than in 2005/6, when it was 2.6 per cent. Schools minister Jim Knight claimed the figures showed the system was working for parents. He said:...