Crofton secondary school, near Fareham, was told to back down after it defied the DfES code of practice on admissions, adopted by the county council, that children in care be given priority in taking up school places.
Alex Munro, the county council's education officer responsible for admissions, said: "The school felt - and it's not unreasonable - that it existed to cater for local children first."
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