We'd Ditch the Computer System Being Blamed for School Fiasco, Say Tories ; Almost a Third of Boroughs Say Hundreds of Pupils Have Not Been Allocated a Place While Others Get Multiple Offers in Education Fiasco

Evening Standard - London › March 10, 2005

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THE TORIES today pledged to scrap the Government schools admissions system which has left thousands of London children in despair.

Shadow education secretary Tim Collins told the Evening Standard he would ditch the computer system that has resulted in chaos for pupils and parents across the capital.

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We'd Ditch the Computer System Being Blamed for School Fiasco, Say Tories ; Almost a Third of Boroughs Say Hundreds of Pupils Have Not Been Allocated a Place While Others Get Multiple Offers in Education Fiasco

His remarks came as parents told how their children were being separated from their friends after blunders meant they will be forced to attend schools outside their own boroughs.

The cri...

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