MP Nicola Blackwood is urging the county council to review its school places allocation system after parents missed out in the latest round.

Miss Blackwood, Conservative MP for Oxford West & Abingdon, said she has met with various parents who have been “caught out by the system”.

They include Abingdon mothers Fiona Colcutt, Nicola Rowbotham and Emma Lonie, whose children were refused places at the three primary schools they applied for.

The trio, who all live in north Abingdon, launched an online petition in April after they were all offered places at Thameside Primary School in south Abingdon, which they said is too far from their homes.

But the mothers now have to wait until June 11 to find out if they have been offered schools of their choice during Oxfordshire County Council’s second allocation round.

Mrs Colcutt, of Sadlers Court, said: “We are hoping that we have been successful in being allocated a school that is closer. At the moment I’m trying not to think about it because I don’t know what’s going to happen.”

Mrs Colcutt applied for places at Rush Common School, Thomas Reade Primary School and Long Furlong Primary School for son Cohen, 4. She said it would take her an extra half an hour in the morning to drive to Thameside Primary School and is worried about getting to work on time.

Mrs Rowbotham, of Mattock Way, applied for places at Radley C of E Primary School, Rush Common School and Long Furlong School for son James, 4.

More than 360 people have signed the trio’s Change.org petition calling on county councillor for Abingdon East Alison Rooke to tackle the shortage of places.

The 33-year-old said they met with Miss Blackwood on Friday, who said yesterday: “Although the majority of children got in to their school of choice, this is not the first time I have met with a group of parents who have been caught out by the school places allocation system locally.

“In Abingdon it is now urgent for the county council to conduct a review of the allocation process to ensure we are able to prevent this happening again and I am calling on them to undertake this review immediately.

“I am also doing everything I can to support parents going through this year’s school places allocations who have not been successful.”

Oxfordshire County Council has said that of 8,016 applications this year, 7,057 children were offered their first preference place.

County Council spokesman Owen Morton said: “Families in Abingdon who applied elsewhere but were allocated places at Thameside – rated good by Ofsted – will be eligible for free home-to-school transport if they live beyond the statutory walking distance of two miles.”