'Devastating to see our child like this'

Parents' anger as pupils miss out on place at nearest school

- EMMA GILL

PARENTS in Stockport say their children have been let down by missing out on places at their nearest high schools.

A group of families in the borough have come together to fight the decision not to provide their kids with spaces at either Cheadle Hulme High School or Laurus Cheadle Hulme this September.

They say that in previous years there's never been an issue getting into the schools, both of which are run by the Laurus Trust, but claim now even those 'on the doorstep' are being sent elsewhere.

One mum, who lives just 0.8 miles from Cheadle Hulme High School and about a mile from Laurus Cheadle Hulme, says her daughter has been offered The Kingsway School instead, which is almost four miles away from home.

"We were so shocked on National Offer Day that our daughter wasn't allocated any of the local high schools which we live within a mile of," said the mum, whose daughter currently attends Lane End Primary.