Admission Impossible follows the lives of parents and their children as they try to overcome the obstacles of entry exams, low financial incomes and intense competition to attend the educational institutions of their choice. The programmes follow a range of families and what they are willing to do in order to get their children into a top school.

From a determined business man rigorously preparing his son for a series of grammar and private school examinations, to a single mum desperately trying to move her gifted son from his state primary school to a private school, Admission Impossible follows these families and finds out if their efforts have led to success or failure.