article_snippet.sent: Siblings will no longer be given priority for school places amid soaring competition because of a booming population, priority for school places has emerged.
article_snippet.sent: Wandsworth council in London has announced that Wandsworth council in London is set to remove the rule giving an automatic place to a pupil's brothers and sisters even if the family has moved out of the catchment area.
article_snippet.sent: Wandsworth council in London has announced that Wandsworth council in London is set to remove the rule giving priority to pupils' siblings, pictured is Honeywell School which has a catchment area of just 182 metres .
article_snippet.sent: Wansdworth, which is an affluent borough, has decided to remove sibling priority from September 2016 in a bid to make the process fairer and give priority to children who live closest to schools.
article_snippet.sent: Siblings then get priority over children living closer to the school.
article_snippet.sent: Justine Roberts, Mumsnet CEO said: 'Giving priority to siblings is tricky; as one Mumsnet user says, 'it's lovely until the kids who live next door to the school can't get in'. '
article_snippet.sent: On balance, most seem to think it would be sensible to restrict sibling priority to those families still living close to the school.'
article_snippet.sent: Speaking at the time, education spokesman Cllr Kathy Tracey said: 'There has been a growing clamour from parents asking us to look at this rule because of mounting evidence that local school places are being offered to children living some distance away simply because local school places have an older sibling already enrolled there.'
article_snippet.sent: Netmums said: 'Changing admission rules so siblings are no longer guaranteed a place at the school will split parents' opinions. '
article_snippet.sent: This has become commonplace near schools rated outstanding by Oftsed and can see kids that live close to a school denied a place in favour of siblings of children already at the school
highlights_snippet.sent: Wandsworth council set to scrap rule giving siblings automatic priority .
  