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<p>The government is committed to offering parents and children a diverse education
system consisting of a wide variety of schools, and this includes faith schools.</p><p>Parents
are able to express a preference for at least 3 schools they would like their child
to attend and, subject to very limited exceptions, local authorities and school admission
authorities must comply with that preference. However, where a school receives more
applications than it has places available, places must be allocated in accordance
with the school’s published oversubscription criteria.</p><p>It is for the admission
authority of individual schools to decide which oversubscription criteria are most
suitable for their school, according to the local circumstances.</p><p>Admission authorities
of schools with a religious designation can choose to adopt faith-based oversubscription
criteria. However, some faith schools choose to only allocate a proportion of their
places with reference to faith, and some do not apply any faith criteria at all. Where
a faith school has places available, it must admit all applicants, without reference
to faith.</p><p>Anyone who believes that a school’s admission arrangements are unfair
or unlawful may make an objection the Schools Adjudicator.</p>
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