pretending i live in a decent catchment area?

[biscuitdunkernomore]

would this work?

My dd is due to start secondary school in sept 2007 and the local secondary school is terrible (one of the top 10 worst schools in the country, plus bullying, riots etc etc)

There is another school about 5 miles away, that is much better, but we can't afford to live there

could we rent a small flat there and pretend this was our primary residence in order to get our daughter in? would this work and has anyone else done this?

your thoughts please ladies and gentlemen

This is the kind of thing that really irritates me, \link{http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/4984112.stm\here}.

I have no sympathy for these parents considering this paragraph:

"But the school prioritises practising Catholics and the twins have not been baptised, reducing their chances of winning a place."

What did they expect?