Catchment Area

School R had a good reputation and estate agents advertised houses as being in its catchmentA school’s catchment is the locality from where a school is most likely to take their students. area. One family moved into the catchmentA school’s catchment is the locality from where a school is most likely to take their students. area, as advised by an estate agent, incurring a hardly sustainable increase in their mortgage. It transpired admissionsAdmissions is the department in the local education authority responsible for allocating children to schools.’ criteria prioritised sibling links over geographical proximity to the school. In fact there was no geographical catchmentA school’s catchment is the locality from where a school is most likely to take their students. system in operation, proximity from school was measured according to transport arrangements. However, the parents did get their child into their chosen school. This was because the school’s reputation was out of date and it moved from being an over to undersubscwith its provision and moved their child to a ribed quickly. After a year at the school, the parents were dissatisfied school they had previously not considered