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1 in 3 Birmingham pupils miss out on first choice school

Thousands of Birmingham schoolchildren were left disappointed after failing to get into their first choice secondary school.

Courtney Wells

Thousands of Birmingham schoolchildren were left disappointed after failing to get into their first choice secondary school.

The school places crisis has an extra £100 million will be spent to create thousands of new school places across the West Midlands by 2018.

This week it emerged almost one in three Birmingham children missed out on their first choice secondary school for September

More than 4,000 of the 14,625 ten and 11-year-olds who applied for a Year 7 place have not been offered their top selection.

The figures, confirmed by Birmingham City Council, equate to 31.5 per cent of youngsters who applied, but whose hopes have been dashed.

And almost 1,000 children have not been offered any of their top six preferences.

They include city schoolgirl Courtney Wells, 11, from Northfield whose parents listed four schools in order of preference but missed out on all of them.

Instead, she has been told she will be going to a sixth form centre previously placed in special measures and branded inadequate.