This month, more than half a million families in England discovered which primary schools their children will attend. Rates of entry into first choice schools varied widely across the country, and up to one-in-six children missed out on their first choice of school in some areas. If unhappy with a school admission decision, parents have the right to make an appeal to an appeal panel and state why their child should attend their chosen school, even if it is at capacity. For community schools, the admission authority is the local authority. For most other schools (e.g. foundation and voluntarily aided schools), the governing body is the admission authority.
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