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| Schools breaking admissions rules | |
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| Schools in some areas are breaking new rules designed to make the admissions system fairer. | |
| A government probe found schools in Manchester, Northamptonshire and Barnet had illegally asked parents for money or information about their backgrounds. | |
| It comes as new figures showed nearly one in five children failed to get a place at their first choice secondary school in England this year. | |
| Some 81.6% of the 519,312 children who applied got places at their top school. | |
| 'Unacceptable' | |
| The schools in question were caught asking parents banned questions about their marital status, financial background or even for financial contributions to the school. | |
| All of these requests are outlawed under the new admissions code which came into force last year. | |
| The code was intended to stamp out unfair practices that allow schools to select pupils that they think will be more able. | |
| Executive Director of the Association of Directors of Children's Services Chris Waterman told the BBC: "What they have found is, in spite of the code, schools are still asking parents to make a financial contribution as a condition of admission - which is illegal. | |
| "They are asking about the marital status of parents - which isn't allowed. | |
| "This is totally unacceptable and very much against the excellent school admissions code that was published a year ago." | |
| Teachers' leaders claim the notion of school choice raises false expectations. |