Parents and Sir Lindsay Hoyle have slammed Lancashire council's 'divisive' plan to fill teaching shortages by giving school places to the children of potential teachers.
Sir Lindsay, who is Speaker of the House of Commons and MP for Chorley, attacked the Tory-run council for its plan, accusing the authority of failing to provide more school places.
Lancashire County Council bosses are set to carry out a public consultation over how it allocates places to pupils when a school is oversubscribed.
The idea is that it would help recruit and retain teachers, with thousands going on strike in recent months over pay, and others leaving the profession altogether.
As well as the children of staff, education chiefs are also looking at a level of priority being given to the children of armed forces personnel.
Labour MP Sir Lindsay told MailOnline: 'Any form of selection criteria imposed by Lancashire County Council will cause division within communities and leave many parents with a sense of injustice at the way in which school children are selected.
'The root cause of problems in many parts of Lancashire, including my constituency of Chorley, is the lack of school places. As the education authority Lancashire County Council has not taken action soon enough to plan for population increases.'
