yes you are right to say that, but normally the LEA will allocate a place at the childs nearest school. The problem is that all the good schools in ED are over subscried. I have meationed this before on this thread that parents should look into other schools that may onle have a satisfactory grade by OFSTED. OFSTED should only be used as a guideline and not be taken as gospel because some of the inspectors have no common sense and cannot really grade somewhere over a two day period. I feel too many parents in the ED and other border areas want the schools like Rosendale, Eliot Bank, and Fairlawn; In which case we all know taht the schools are way oversubscribed. If your nearset primary school happens to be graded satifactory or good you should choose that school;once in, join the parent society and make a difference for heaven sake!