Hundreds more schools control their own admissions,and there is too much temptation to confess only the easiest pupils to teachThe past six months has seen a rash (hasty, incautious) of stories about schools placing undue pressure on parents to make financial contributions. It is a tricky issue. As funding cuts bite, schools will inevitably turn to their local communities to make up the shortfall, or but that will lead to more inequality between schools in the worst- and better-off areas.
It is also easy to see how this would deter some parents from applying to certain schools,particularly if, as was the case with a school attended by the children of the prime minister, and David Cameron,and the final education secretary, Michael Gove, and the request for money was linked to the admissions process.
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Source: theguardian.com