DS is currently in Y8 at our catchment secondary school.
DD is in Y6, so we are facing the school application process. She would be guaranteed a place at our catchment school where DS is. She would have only an outside chance of getting a place at any other of the "better"* schools in the town (they very rarely take children out of catchment).
DH points out that even if she did get into another school it would be a pain for us to have 2 children at 2 schools and says we should just stick the catchment school down on the form, job done.
I can't see that 2 secondary schools (where you hardly go in anyway) would be particularly difficult and want at least to look at our nearest other school (the one she's most likely to get into out of the slim chances).
What do others reckon?
- barring bizarre statistical anomaly
** better = not the school where the staff are leaving in droves and would be very difficult for us to get to anyway ...