Would I get anywhere by phoning a secondary school?

[Joa77]

I live out of the catchment area of a school I want my DD to go to. Its a popular school but as far as I know its not over-subscribed. It is however in a different authority to ours (neighbouring village).

Someone suggested that I phone the school and ask what our chances are of getting a place for DD next year living where we do. I'm betting they'd just say "name it on the form" but is it worth a shot or would they just think I was being daft?

you're better off phoning the LEA and not the school itself - they don't allocate places, the council does. My children go to school in a different authority to where we live - it's more about distance from the school rather than boundries in local authorities. The LEA will certainly be able to tell you

Woth a shot, although some school secretaries do talk rubbish, IME. As it's a secondary school they probably have an admissions person who will be happy to talk to you.

Ask to speak to the head, they'll know about how many get in