shall I choose Catholic school which is further or Church of ENgland school nearer home?

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My son will go to Reception 2013 sept. We are catholics - would like him to go to a good school in the future - so I have heard that catholic secondary schools are very good. shall I try and put DS1 into catholic primary which is further from us, on order to invest into future, if we want catholic secondary?

I think you have answered your own question - you are catholics !

What sort of Catholics are you? Has your son been baptised? Do you attend church regularly? Have a look at the admissions criteria for the catholic school as if you are practising Catholics and your son has been baptised it should be fine, but if you are Catholics in name only you might find it hard to get into the school.

Have you looked at the actual schools near you? Catholic secondaries are not uniformly good (as with any other type of school!)

warning dc went to rc primary

theres no guarantee she then get into rc secondry
we not rc so wouldent expect her to

but I know of baptised catholics with baptised catholic children who attend chucrh and rc primary who dident get in.

They draw from such a wide area.

There are 2 rc secondries ones very good ones not so good.

You should if catholic and child baptised get into rc primary if thats what you wish, they voluntry aided so control their admissions.

Coes seem to be mostly voluntry controlled so pick by distance and catchment and less religious.

Our coe secondry doesnt just require baptism certificate requires weekly or montly church atendance. It is very well performing.

both are not very close to our house.

just moved dd from rc to coe as her rc primary was doing badly.
so check sats results and ofsted, visist a few schools to tell difference.