Almost one third of children in London missed out on their first choice of secondary school this September, according to London Labour.
Labour published a new analysis looking at school admissions. The party found that, this academic year, almost 162,000 kids didn't get accepted into their first choice of primary or secondary school.
This figure is over 8,000 more than last year, equating to around one in seven of the total applications.
According to the party's research, school admissions are particularly challenging in London, where more than one in ten children did not get any of their top three preferred schools.
Overall, Labour say that one quarter of applicants in London didn't get their first choice of either primary or secondary school this year, at 24%.
Harriet Harman MP, interim leader of the Labour Party, said: “Despite David Cameron saying that parental choice was one of his priorities, far too many parents are missing out on getting their child into their first choice school and this number is rising.
“This is yet more evidence that the Tories’ education reforms are failing to deliver, and are letting children and parents down.”
