Schools: Admissions

Baroness Perry of Southwark Excerpts
Tuesday 21st October 2014

(10 years, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Perry of Southwark Portrait Baroness Perry of Southwark (Con)
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My Lords, have the Government made any assessment of how many parents are managing to get their children places in the schools of their choice?

Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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We have. The current rate is that 87% of parents get their children into the school of their first choice and 96% get them into their top three. As I said, we are intent on making sure that every school is as good as it can be.