Clause 3 - Duty to consider parental representations
Education and Inspections Bill
1:30 pm
David Chaytor (Bury North, Labour)
On the point about three in 10 parents not applying to their nearest school, presumably part of the reason for that is that their nearest school has selective admissions criteria of one kind or another that exclude their children. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that there is a powerful case to enshrine in law the right of every parent to have their child attend their nearest school?