Mother's school place case dropped

Source ITN A council has dropped a case against a mother accused of using a false address to get her son into a popular state school. Harrow Council had been the first to try and prosecute a parent for lying on an admissions form. Mrinal Patel, 41, applied for a place for her five-year-old son Rhys at Pinner Park First School in Harrow, north London, in January last year. She claimed she lived at Willow Court, Fulbeck Way, Harrow, and had chosen the school because "it was close to home and she could walk", Harrow Magistrates' Court heard. But four months later when he had been offered a school place council staff... [read full story]                    

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