Rebecca Allen and Simon Burgess From next week, officials in the Department for Education are going to be busy sifting through responses to the consultation exercise around the new School Admissions Code. Two important issues in the proposed code relate to the priority given to school staff, and to random allocation. We believe that as they currently stand, these provisions will set back the goals that the Government has set for its education policy. 1. Prioritising the children of staff Paragraph 1.33 …
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