Tim Linnell seems prepared to go to any lengths in his campaign to hold on to the plentiful choices currently enjoyed by many in Westdene (Letters, March 13).

He claims his children would not qualify for access to either of the two "better" schools in the city.

He fails to mention they would readily gain access to what is probably their nearest school.

Statistics from this year's admissions round reveal children in excluded inner city postcodes have about a 50 per cent chance of gaining access to schools of first preference.

Even this figure is skewed by the sibling link - the figure for children with no older brothers or sisters at the school drops to something closer to 30 per cent.

By way of sharp contrast, children in Mr Linnell's postcode area have an 83 per cent chance of getting their school of first preference. To liken parents who are in the front line of this inequality as behaving like a mob when, as a campaign group, we have been very actively engaged in dialogue to find solutions is a real insult.

Mr Linnell may not be aware but cause4bh (Campaign Against Unfair Education 4 Brighton and Hove) has been active in dialogue with officials and councillors since before the unfair system was brought into existence.

We warned councillors back in 2004 their plan to change admissions criteria to "walking distance" while closing a local school would result in hundreds of children being disenfranchised. We then argued very coherently that the system needed to urgently change.

-Paul Grivell, Campaign Against Unfair Education 4 Brighton and Hove