Essex Council to Review Number of School Choices

I have received good news from Essex Councillor Stephen Castle. Having looked at the points I made about the need for a larger number of preferences when choosing a secondary school in Essex, he has agreed that there is a case to consider. It is too late to look at changing the next round of admissions for school entry in 2011 because these things have to be planned well in advance, but there will now be a review “to carry out some detailed work to investigate whether it is appropriate to consider consulting upon an increased number of preferences being allowed with effect from the 2012/2013 admission round”.  We should know towards the end of this year whether a consultation will actually take place, so please look out for further news by following this blog or joining the facebook group. It is great to know that the council is willing to take the trouble to consider the needs of our community.