Sentence examples for Preferred school from inspiring English sources

Stating on the donor card that your preferred school is Duke expresses a preference for Duke, but does not make it exclusive.

Lincolnshire County Council operates a preference system for parents, which allows them to choose a preferred school, rather than one for which they are in the catchment area.

Data from Hertfordshire county council shows that 81% of youngsters got their preferred school.

The house was also in their preferred school district, No. 15. "That was for me the last roadblock," she said.

As a result almost one in eight children was disappointed and missed out on their preferred school.

None of this will stop the cries when, inevitably, some parent doesn't get their preferred school and they loudly blame it on a refugee.

In Wales, parents give their preferred schools in order of preference.

Soon these systems will be deciding who gets health coverage; who gets parole; who gets their preferred schools; who gets fired.

In the 70s when US schools were ordered to desegregate, sociologists found that, contrary to expectation, racial attitudes actually hardened among white people who were aggrieved at the loss of places in their preferred schools.

Councils across England are struggling to keep pace with rising numbers of applications for secondary school, leaving thousands of pupils without a place at any of their preferred schools.

A DfE spokesperson said: "Despite rising pupil numbers, 95% of parents received an offer at one of their top three preferred schools last year and the average infant class size has remained stable.