A MOTHER has spoken of her daughter’s pain after she missed out on her secondary school place. Freya Elliott, ten, is one of 62 Brighton children in the Varndean and Stringer catchment areas who have been “scattered” across the city amid a shortage in school places. Freya’s mother, Lucy Elliott, 31, says her young daughter now faces “commuting like an adult” after being told she must attend Longhill School, more than three miles away from her home. Her journey to school will now see her having to take three buses from 7am every morning. “She cries and I cry,” said Lucy.