joanne whitehouse , 44 , had applied for her four-year-old daughter alice to go to st john fisher 's rc primary school in middleton near rochdale as her only preference .
her sons joel , nine , harri , seven , and ollie , six , already attend the school and she believed there would be ` no issue ' with her daughter gaining a place .
but when the school allocations were revealed this morning she found out her youngest would have to go to a different school .