An angry Christian mother fears her daughter will ‘ become a religious minority ’ after she was allocated a place at a Sikh school . Kirsty Jarvis said 11-year-old Freya has been looking forward to moving up to secondary school in September . But they have been left ‘ shocked and upset ’ by the decision by council admissions officers to give her a place at the Khalsa Secondary Academy , despite it not being named as one of her preferred choices . Khalsa Secondary Academy , where Kirsty Jarvis does not want her 11-year-old daughter Freya to go as she would be a 'minority ' The Sikh faith school opened in the village of Stoke Poges , Buckinghamshire , last September despite protests from residents . Mrs Jarvis , who lives in the nearby village of Farnham Royal , said most of Freya ’ s friends have been allocated places at a school in the town of Beaconsfield . ‘ We ’ re a practising Christian family and while we aren ’ t wanting her to go to a Christian school , my daughter should not be expected to attend a Sikh school , ’ said Mrs Jarvis . ‘ We knew we were ever so slightly out of the catchment for a number of our first choices but we never thought we would be given Khalsa . ‘ In this day and age I could not imagine ever sending my child to a school where she would become a minority . 'Although it ’ s open to all , each day they take students off for morning prayers and my daughter would not be doing that , and she would , therefore , be taken out and isolated . I ’ m not sure she would be able to cope with that. ’ St Giles Church in Stoke Poges . Khalsa Secondary Academy opened in the village in September . Khalsa Secondary Academy opened with 180 pupils , and aims to build up to 850 . The school intends to cater for students from all backgrounds , with ‘ 50 per cent of places prioritised for non-Sikh students ’ . Plans to open the school were put forward by Slough Sikh Education Trust in 2013 . Khalsa Primary School was already open in Slough , which is just across the border in Berkshire and has a large Sikh population . But the trust said there was no suitable site for the new school in Slough . There was a legal battle over the plans to open the school after people in Stoke Poges protested , saying they were worried about extra traffic and the ‘ urbanisation ’ of their village . A Buckinghamshire County Council spokesman said : ‘ Where we can ’ t meet any of a parent ’ s preferences , then the nearest school is allocated . ‘ In Mrs Jarvis ’ s case , Khalsa Academy is the nearest school at 1.771 miles away , although Burnham Park E-Act Academy is the catchment school where there are still places . 'The advice to parents is – accept the place at this point and then appeal for preferred schools . ’
Freya Jarvis not happy at being allocated Khalsa Secondary Academy . Mum Kirsty does not want her going to Sikh faith school in Stoke Poges . Practising Buckinghamshire Christian family did not name it as choice . Mrs Jarvis 'could not imagine ' her child being a 'minority ' at school . Khalsa opened with 180 pupils and aims to play host to all backgrounds .