Aibu as a Scottish person, to wonder wtf at the English school admission system?

[irnbruforlife]

Before anyone starts, I know the Scottish school system isn't perfect. But that's a whole other thread. I'm from north east Scotland. Children go to the school for their catchment area. The odd person will ask for a different school for whatever reason (such as bullying etc.) Their request is accommodated do far as reasonably practicable, but not at the expense of someone on that catchment area. There is no school lottery that I seem to be reading about in England, with children ending up with no placement, or having to go to school 2 hrs away despite living across the road from one, or siblings going to different schools.

That sounds like something someone who's never visited Scotland might say.

Or someone who was born here, grew up here, lives here now and wrote "city" when she meant "town"?

Well maybe proof read then as many of us are sick of hearing Scotland described as some kind of backwater on here.

“Or someone who was born here, grew up here, lives here now and wrote "city" when she meant "town"?”

The problem is, it changed your point completely because small towns in England also often only have one secondary school.

I think further up the thread she said she meant town and not city so maybe we can let that one go now.