A WORCESTER father is battling with education chiefs because he feels parents are not being given a choice over which school they send their children to.

Mark Suffolk was featured in the Evening News last week because he wants his 10-year-old son David to join his older brother at Nunnery Wood High School.

Mr Suffolk claims Daniel, 13, was bullied at The Elgar High School and was eventually transferred to Nunnery Wood High.

He now wants David to go to the same school. But his home in Bodiam Close, Warndon Villages, falls within the catchment area of Elgar High and not the Spetchley Road school.

Mr Suffolk, a long-distance lorry driver, who claims he has had to change jobs so that he can be at home with his family to press his campaign, believes other parents are finding themselves in similar situations.

He forced a meeting with education officials yesterday, including director of education Julien Kramer, at County Hall after hearing that they would be discussing his son's case.

"Mr Kramer had no idea about David's case," said the father-of-two. "I had to go over all the points again with them.

"They actually wanted to discuss my son's situation without me being at the meeting. Apparently Mr Kramer will look at the points we've raised and will reply to us."

Mr Suffolk spoke to parents at the gates of Warndon Junior School yesterday and handed out campaign leaflets.

"We want parents to know that they don't have to accept what they're being told," he said.

"At the end of the day, any parent wants what's best for their children and the education authority has to recognise that.

"This is all about parental choice and the lack of it in Worcestershire."

Nobody from County Hall was available for comment as the Evening News went to press today.

Last week, a spokesman for the authority said there were guidelines that said children should go the school in their catchment area.