Just over half of parents - 51 per cent - said they were prepared to move, while one in seven would go as far as giving false information, for example about their religious beliefs, research for the inquiry found. The latter figure rose to almost one in four in London.
Bob Reitemeier, chief executive of The Children's Society, which is behind the Good Childhood Inquiry, warned the current educational system risked entrenching inequality.
"The lengths that parents are prepared to go to show there are huge variations in school standards," he said. "But for many parents, the costly exercise of moving house to get their child into a good school is not an option.
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