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My last point is that if you change the admissions arrangements, you can get to a situation in which some parents have no choice at all. The school nearest to them might be a single-sex or faith school, or they might not live close enough to get a place at the school that has been expanded. Therefore, they are left with no choice except to go to the school that was not strong to begin with, but which you are making life more difficult for by taking action over declining numbers.