What school are you going to then?

Although the Department of Education (perhaps deliberately) does not keep statistics on the subject, surveys carried out suggest that, depending on which part of the country you live in, between 1 in 6 and 1 in 3 children do not get a place in the secondary school of their choice. This is a disgrace. LEA's know (or should do, the information is out there) what the likely demand for places at their various schools will be in future years, but there seems to be no planning for this, or even any acceptance that planning is required. It is as though, as far as they are concerned, children exist for the benefit of schools, rather than the other way round. It is simply not acceptable for them to sit on their hands and do nothing. They should be planning now for the 2009 and 2010 intake, but you can be sure that when those dates come around, nothing will have changed.