Parents of children who missed out on all three of their first choice primary schools will have a second chance to apply for more than 90 places.
Northamptonshire County Council announced that new places at schools in the town centre had been created to provide space for the applications received after the January deadline.
These will also be open to applications from parents of children who missed out on all their first three preferences.
Carly Galpin, of Berkeley Close, Cliftonville, missed out on her first three choices and her son was sent to Briar Hill Primary School. She said: “Fingers crossed this will be a solution. At least they have recognised they had a massive problem with some of the applications.”
Conservative MP for Northampton North, Michael Ellis, who was contacted by a number of parents who had missed out on any of their first three choices, said the system had created some “bonkers” results.
He said: said: “Although I appreciate that 95 per cent of parents got one of their first three preferences, it is very frustrating for the five per cent who did not, and in some cases, got some bonkers results.”
“It looks like the council are creating dozens more places and hopefully this will lead to an overall improvement in the situation for a number of parents of children who unfortunately missed out on all three of their preferences.”