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A school has changed its admissions policy and added an extra class to its starting numbers after parents who live close by vented their fury after learning their children could be refused a place. People living in Ebbsfleet Garden City signed a petition demanding the admissions policy for the forthcoming Alkerden Church of England Academy be reviewed after it was revealed that if it was oversubscribed, pupils from other schools within the Alethia Academies Trust would have more chance of getting in than those who live nearby. Parents said they were “sold a dream” and demanded the admissions p…

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