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Dear parent/guadian of Gordon Buckley,

Too many applicants applied for place in "New Marilyn School" and allocations had to be made according to the school admission criterions. "New Marilyn School" prioritizes applications according to the following criterions "Children in public care", "Children subject to a child protection plan", "Children who have a sibling already on roll", "Children attending a feeder school" and "Children who live closest to the school".

Gordon Buckley ranked at 244 based on Children who live closest to the school. Informations on how places were offered can be found in following table

1	"Children in public care"	7
2	"Children subject to a child protection plan"	2
3	"Children who have a sibling already on roll"	25
4	"Children attending a feeder school"	125
5	"Children who live closest to the school"	150

Unfortunately the number of the applicants satisfying the same criterion of a high priority is too many that the admission of children and the cut off were at 160. Any further admission to this year group will prejudice the provision of efficient education and the efficient use of resources.

A place been allocated for Gordon Buckley at "Natashashire School" the guardian's 2 preference school starting September.