School governers have vowed to take a decision to axe places for Sutton students to the schools’ adjudicator.

Tweeddale Primary School governor Andrew Theobald announced the move after Glenthorne High School ruled its 2010 admission policy will include three feeder schools, two of which are in Morden.

Sutton Council figures, based on 2009 admission data, showed the new policy would mean offers made to Sutton children would fall from 65.5 per cent to 63 per cent and there would be an increase of five out-of-borough children.

Executive member for young people Councillor Tony Brett Young said numbers would fluctuate year by year and so the analysis was only indicative.

But Mr Theobald said: “We will be objecting about this to the adjudicator because Glenthorne’s consulation was flawed – they did not inform us properly of the proposals.

“Secondly, the policy is unfair. Admission to the school should be based on equality. This is not done and dusted yet.”

Glenthorne High School is a designated specialist arts college with 1,300 students.

Its new policy will first consider children in care and allocate 22 places to pupils on their performing arts ability.

Of the remainder, 60 per cent will go to children from Abbey and Aragon primary schools, Morden, Brookfield Primary School, North Cheam, and Aragon Primary School and 40 per cent will be allocated on proximity to the school.

Headteacher Mr Stephen Hume dismissed accusations the consultation had not been thorough and said the school had “listened carefully” to concerns the policy would be unfair to Sutton families.

He said the consultation had sought to ensure through a “hybrid solution that local children are not disadvantaged”.

He said: “We have over 40 different feeders, making liaison and curriculum continuity difficult.

“The rationale is to improve curriculum and community links with our feeder schools and to enhance liaison for the educational benefit of pupils.”

Coun Tony Brett Young said: “Ultimately, this is not the council’s decision but the individual school’s.

“We will continue to work with and try to influence local schools, in particular those that set their own admissions policy, to provide as many places as possible for Sutton children.”

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