Poll: Is there a shortage of primary school places in the West Midlands and Staffordshire?
Up to nine in 10 children have been given their first choice school in the Black Country and Staffordshire, despite the baby boom creating extra demand for every place.
In Staffordshire, 92 per cent of parents have been allocated their favourite school for their children.
The figure is 88.56 per cent in Sandwell, 88 per cent in Dudley and 87.75 per cent in Wolverhampton.
But nationally, tens of thousands of youngsters have missed out on their first choice of school.
One school in Bristol was so oversubscribed it had 4,000 applicants competing for just 40 places.
Council across England have been warned they must increase school capacity by 20% by 2016 if they are to cope with the increasing number of children.
How have your youngsters got on? Vote now in our poll:
