The proportion of parents successfully appealing against their child's allotted school has risen. Figures for England for 2004/05 - the latest available - show 35.5% went in their favour, up from 34.6% in 2003/04.
The Department for Education and Skills said that panels had heard 59,300 appeals, about 100 fewer.
The proportion of successful appeals over primary school places rose from 32.9% to 34.5%. For secondaries it went up from 35% to 35.7%.
Schools Minister Lord Adonis said: "Clearly not all parents will be happy with the school they are allocated and the best solution is to ensure there is a good school in every community, which is what our reforms are all about.
"We are also tightening up the admissions code in our education bill."
But Shadow Education Secretary David Willetts said: "These statistics are
powerful evidence of parents' hunger for school choice and how often that choice has been frustrated because there are simply not enough good school places to go round."
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