A mother accused of lying to get her son into a top state school has had charges against her dropped. Mrinal Patel, 41, who gave her mother’s address on her application, would have been the first parent in the country to be prosecuted for school admissions fraud. But Harrow Council in north-west London admitted yesterday it feared its use of the Fraud Act 2006 could be open to challenge because... 

A leading Jewish school broke the Race Relations Act by refusing admission to a boy because his mother was not officially recognised as a Jew, the Court of Appeal ruled today. Three judges said the entry criteria at JFS in North-West London racially discriminated against the boy. The decision is expected to have a direct impact on many other Jewish schools across the UK which are believed to operate...