Relieved Kirkcaldy parents have been told they can send their children to Strathallan Primary after a council U-turn.
Despite the school sitting with an empty classroom, 13 placement requests were refused. It meant some parents faced having siblings at different schools.
One mother feared she would have to take her daughter out of Strathallan in order to keep her children together.
But Fife Council confirmed it had backtracked on the move.
Karen Millar, from Strathallan Primary Parent Council, said: “It is great news for all of these children, but especially the families with one or more siblings at the school.
“It has been a very emotive couple of weeks. They are of course delighted and I’m sure their little ones will have a much happier first day of school now.
“I think the real question was why did the council take the school from 13 classrooms at present to 12 next year? This had never happened before.
“Also, the children with older siblings were families who were actively recruited at the meetings which were held when the school was being built.
“At that time they were encouraged to remove their children from the schools they were in as these schools were very full.
“It wasn’t explained at that time that there would be the chance of having two kids at Strathallan and a third having to attend somewhere different.”
Councillor George Kay said: “I’m over the moon about this. It is very much a victory for common sense. A lot of people in the area have strong views about sending their children to Strathallan. They can now pick up their lives again.”
Fife Council education officer Gordon Wardrope said: “Following the movement of a family into the Strathallan Primary school catchment area, the education and learning directorate, working with the headteacher, has formed an additional primary one class for session 2013-14.
“Those parents whose placing requests were previously declined will be contacted by the headteacher regarding the additional places now available at Strathallan Primary School.”