Dorothy Stringer and Blatchington Mill are the most popular shools in the city.

The Deputy Prime Minister recently commented the problem with good schools is everybody wants their children to go to them.

To this end, an extremely vocal group of parents, principally from the Queen's Park area, has mobilised to rush through a set of proposals to ensure preferential access to the schools of its choice.

Brighton and Hove City Council's Children, Families & Schools (CF&S) committee rightly rejected these proposals.

Along with many others, I fail to see why such an important policy as secondary school admissions should be determined by the most effective pressure group. Under these proposals, parents from Whitehawk and Moulsecoomb would rightly feel their interests had not been taken into account, yet because they have accepted the system rather than mobilised to change it, they do not benefit.

The current system may have its faults but it is easily understood and objective. If it's to be improved, it needs to be done following additional analysis. I trust the CF&S committee will have the courage to reaffirm its decision and not be intimidated by this vocal minority.

-Paul Fellingham, Brighton