It's mostly about relationships: how the points system works when it comes to securing a pupil's preferred school

Elaine Yauin Beijing

Children who had links to a school were favoured over those with none in the first stage of allocations for primary school places yesterday.

Of the 20,456 children who got a place, 44 per cent, or 9,027, succeeded with the school of their choice because they had siblings studying or parents working there. The remaining 11,429 were admitted through a points system that rewards those with other ties to the school or other factors.

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