As primary school places become even more sought after so too as are the lengths parents are willing to go to to acquire one for their kids.
This year 24 families lost out on primary school places after parents were caught lying about where they lived.
Parents attempted to cheat their local council by committing catchment fraud as 13 instances were uncovered at high schools and 11 at primary level.
This all comes as education chiefs in Edinburgh step up a crackdown in regulating the places in schools.
While some families claimed residency next door to schools others claimed to live in homes occupied by students.
One family were found to be living in a completely different council area but had hoped to get their child into a primary school in the city.
The Edinburgh council’s fraud team carried out 1,500 checks this year including in the city’s most popular high schools.
The education leader for Edinburgh City Council, Paul Godzik said:
"We know this is an issue that concerns many parents and we take it very seriously.
"We warn parents every year that we are actively looking into catchment fraud and if we believe there is a possibility that fraud is being committed we will investigate.
"If we discover this to be the case we will withdraw the school place.
"By working with the fraud team we are able to access a greater range of information, including credit checks, and this has allowed us to identify instances of fraud.
"All our schools provide a great education and I would urge parents to visit their local schools to see for themselves the fantastic learning environments rather than trying to commit fraud."
Popular high school, James Gillespie’s landed on the top of the list for fraud attempts with seven cases of refusal due to fraudulent claims.
There are still schools to be investigated as six require further checks.
