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Family fury as child denied entry to first choice school

An 11-year-old boy has been denied entry to the school of his choice because he once attended a Catholic primary school.

Calvin Bond lives just 500 yards from the non-denominational school he wants to go to and is currently at its feeder school, which is also non-denominational.

But East Renfrewshire Council says his parents' decision to send him to a Catholic school for three years while the family lived in another part of Scotland is binding.

Instead of heading to Mearns Castle School, along with all his friends, Calvin has been offered a place at the highly sought-after St Ninian's, a Catholic secondary rated as one of the best in Scotland, as the automatic choice.

East Renfrewshire Council spokesman Hugh Dougherty said: "This has nothing to do with religion, it is to do with our policy. It's to do with the fact we have two separate streams in our schools and we ask to choose one at the beginning. It's a policy that went through to help us manage demand in our schools."

Full story at The Herald.