ABSTRACT
One of the most under-researched areas of the new education system has been the impact of quasi-market processes on the final allocation of students to schools. This is largely due to the sizeable amount of empirical data necessary to make reasoned observations. This study, and the data employed, provided such an opportunity to examine if there appeared to be any exclusionary processes in the market place that significantly altered the social balance of intakes, and, consequently, would affect social mobility.
