ABSTRACT
Parental choice of school has been a prominent political issue in Britain particularly since the early 1970s, and is often seen as lying at the heart of parental interests or rights in education as a whole. It is concerned with the extent, scope and enforceability of the interest or right of a parent to select which school his or her child should attend, and not strictly with the interest or right of a parent to influence the content of the education or the circumstances in which that education is provided in the chosen school, although plainly the latter is likely to have a profound effect on the substance of parental choice.
