The verbs let and allow have similar meanings – both are related to giving permission. But they're not used in exactly the same way. Let and allow are both followed by nouns or object pronouns.

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, in Birmingham, has a quota of 25% of places for pupils from the poorest families A quarter of England's state grammar schools still let in hardly any ...

A quarter of England's state grammar schools still let in hardly any poorer children, despite most trying to improve their admissions policies, according to BBC analysis. Out of 160 grammar ...