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<p>Faith schools have played a longstanding and important role in our education system.
Faith schools are popular with parents, with many being high performing and are more
likely to be rated good or outstanding by Ofsted than non-faith schools.</p><p>The
Department has not made an estimate of the number of pupils whose choice of school
is limited to a faith school.</p><p>Parents are able to express a preference as to
the school they would like their child to attend and, subject to very limited exceptions,
local authorities and school admission authorities must comply with that preference.</p><p>The
vast majority of parents are offered a place at a school of their choice. In 2021,
98% of parents received an offer from one of their top 3 choices of primary school,
while 93.4% received an offer from one of their top 3 choices of secondary school.</p><p>
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