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Three in 10 London pupils miss out on first choice of secondary school

Source: PA Archive

More than 25,000 children will not go to their first-choice secondary school this year despite a drop in the number of pupils applying for places, new figures reveal.

Almost 30 per cent of pupils will start at a secondary school in September that was not their top preference, according to data from the Pan-London Admissions Board.

Year Six pupils across the country were today finding out which school they have been allocated to start in September, as part

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