I now have a date for a meeting which will take up the issues that parents have raised with me both in private and in public. The meeting will be between me and key county council officials.

These include:
– the efficiency of the administration of the school places allocation system
– anomalies over distances
– the operation of the continuing interest list, and particularly whether those who have received one of their ranked schools should be treated the same way as a parent who has received none
– whether there could be a swap shop so that parents who genuinely wanted to swap a school place with another could do so easily
– the operation of the siblings rule where people have moved out of an area.

This is not a comprehensive list.

And yes: I would have preferred a much earlier date.