Posted on 10/02/2015 8:11:51 AM PDT by pabianice
Figures show councils being bombarded with bogus forms from parents
Their tricks include using the addresses of grandparents or businesses
Authorities found at least 470 allegations of admissions fraud in 2012-13
Soared to at least 1,232 in 2014-15, when 696 pupils had offer withdrawn
Desperate parents are increasingly lying on school admissions forms, with cases of suspected fraud nearly trebling in the past three years.
Figures released today show councils are being bombarded with bogus forms from parents trying to get their children into the most sought-after schools amid a 'chronic' places shortage.
Tricks include using the addresses of grandparents or businesses, renting apartments in the right catchment areas and lying about being baptised.
Education newspaper Schools Week found that 130 local education authorities investigated at least 470 allegations of admissions fraud in 2012-13.
But by 2014-15 this had soared to at least 1,232. As a result 696 pupils had the offer of place withdrawn.
The problem has seen some heads call for parents caught trying to cheat the system to be fined 'at least'.
Labour education spokesman Lucy Powell said: 'The pressure on admissions is growing because of the chronic shortage in places... It is simply unacceptable that fair school admissions is increasingly a postcode lottery under the Tories.'
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