Are Bromley residents given priority for Bromley schools?
No. Legally schools are not allowed to discriminate against pupils because of where they live. In 1989 a group of Lewisham residents took the London Borough of Greenwich to court claiming it was illegal for Local Authorities to discriminate in this way. The court upheld the challenge and the case law is known as The Greenwich Judgement. It states that children cannot be refused admission to a school because they do not live in the same Local Authority as the school. Many Bromley schools are very close to the borough boundary and under their proximity criterion may offer to children from other Authorities. Equally, this ruling applies to Bromley residents who wish to apply for schools outside Bromley.
No. Legally schools are not allowed to discriminate against applicants because of where they live. In 1989 a group of Lewisham residents took the London Borough of Greenwich to court claiming it was illegal for Local Authorities to discriminate in this way. The court upheld the challenge and the case law is known as The Greenwich Judgement. It states that children cannot be refused admission to a school because they do not live in the same local authority as the school. Many Bromley schools are very close to the borough boundary and under their proximity criterion may offer to children from other Authorities. Equally, this ruling applies to Bromley residents who wish to apply for schools outside Bromley.
