Ombudsman Jerry White stepped in to investigate after a father, whose son was refused a place at St Peter's Collegiate Church of England School in September 2007, complained about the way his appeal was handled.
The Governors told the panel the voluntary aided Church of England comprehensive school could only take 950 pupils and there were currently 1,003. The chairman of the Governors claimed higher admission numbers would have had a negative effect on standards of education at the school.
But White said the school could take 1,085 pupils. He said in his report: "The task of the appeal panel is to establish whether the school could admit more pupils and, on the face of it, it could have done."
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