Five Formby children not allowed to attend a Formby secondary school - told to go to Birkdale or Cro

Agony for Five children who live in Formby that have been allocated secondary schools in Birkdale and Crosby

Dozens of Formby families are left devastated after missing out on their 1st choice of secondary school in Formby after both schools are heavily over-subscribed by hundreds of applicants.

Five children who are Formby residents have been told they cannot actually get a place in either of the Formby High schools and they have been alocated schools in Birkdale or Crosby.

Both Formby High and Range High commission Sefton Local Aurthority to coordinate it's admissions for the schools.

The order of choice is:

1 - Children who are looked after - Specialist needs

2 - Siblings in School - If somebody lives in the same house who already attends the same school.

3 - Feeder School - If your child attends a feeder school for the secondary school.

4 - Children of staff who have been employed for more than two years

5 - Other children in the areas of Formby, Hightown or Ince Blundell

6 - Other requests that name that school as preference.

Feeder schools for Range High are; Woodlands Primary and St. Luke's

Feeder schools for Formby High are; Freshfield, Redgate and Trinity St. Peter's

The Local Government Association, which represents 370 councils, has said its members may not be able to deliver sufficient places in future because their power to open new schools has been removed.

Labour, meanwhile, has said the system is under strain, with one in six secondary schools already at, or over capacity, and 300,000 more secondary pupils set to enter schools by 2020.

The government says it invested £5bn during the last parliament to help create half a million new school places, with a further £7bn set aside to create more places over the next six years.

If your child has missed out on their school of choice, please tell us about it; Email: info@formbybubble.com