I am writing on behalf of the Balfour Junior School governors to correct a statement made in the news report, "Boy banned from going to the school next door".

The governing body did not reject his application.

We play absolutely no part in the implementation of the school admissions policy. This is a statutory responsibility for the local education authority to undertake.

An independent panel, as your article concludes, hears all appeals against decisions made by the authority.

Whatever may be our personal sympathies and concerns, as governors we have to abide by the decided outcomes of this process.

-Derek Betts, Chairman of governors, Balfour Junior School