The battle between families for high school places in the 'world class' Greater Manchester borough
manchestereveningnews.co.ukWhen Richard Midgley's daughter was moving up to secondary school in 2022 she applied to five places, but didn't get in any.
The family, of Bowdon, later discovered they were just four metres outside the catchment zone for their first choice, North Cestrian in Altrincham. "We were in a kind of educational no-man's land," says Richard.
They're not alone. On Friday (March 1) hundreds of thousands of kids across the country discovered where they'd be going to high school.
It can be an extremely stressful time for both parents and children. READ MORE: The hardest schools to get a place at in every borough of Greater Manchester READ MORE: The Greater Manchester state schools which sent the most students to Oxbridge universities And in Trafford, especially in the more affluent towns and villages in the south of the borough, demand for places is particularly fierce.
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