Mr Catt is now asking Master of the Rolls Lord Dyson, Lord Justice Moore-Bick and Lord Justice McCombe, to overturn that decision.

BBC: John Catt takes protester records case to Court of Appeal

However, Justice Moore-Bick dismissed Mrs Wilkin-Shaw's case, ruling that Miss Timms's absence from the checkpoint had probably made no difference to the tragic outcome and could not fairly be attributed to Charlotte's death.

BBC: Charlotte Shaw

Major General John Moore-Bick, head teacher of The Skinners' School, said it would ensure there was sufficient classroom space for the extra pupils after governors had concluded "that the greatly prized standards of the school could be upheld".

BBC: Two Kent grammar schools to take extra Year 7 pupils