Louth school defends proposal to scrap catchment area

​THE headteacher of Louth’s King Edward VI Grammar School has again defended proposals to scrap the catchment area and introduce a rank order entry system.

After hearing a number of parents object to the proposal, James Lascelles told Louth town councillors he wanted the top 120 scoring pupils ikn the 11-plus exam to be given places there, regardless of where they lived.

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The story also appears in full in today's Grimsby Telegraph.