Herts and Essex county councils have defended the primary school allocation policies which have resulted in a group of Lower Sheering four-year-olds facing a 16-mile round-trip to class in Stansted because they failed to win a place in Sawbridgeworth.Lindsay Moore wanted twins Isabella and Darcy to attend Fawbert and Barnard School in Knight Street, where they already have nursery places.The infants is just 751m (2,463ft) from their Luxford Place home, but Essex County Council allocated places...
