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The report is about parents’ experience of choosing a secondary school. It is in two stages; firstly, an analysis of policies and practices relating to school admission in Local Education Authorities (LEAs) in England and, secondly, the findings from a nationally representative survey of parents of children about their experience of choosing a secondary school. Taken together, the report describes and analyses both the context of choice for parents and their views about the process and outcomes of choosing a secondary school.