Some secondary schools take distance into account AMONG OTHER FACTORS. Some admit only a certain proportion of children based on distance. Some do not take it into account at all - such as Kingsdale. They (supposedly) operate a lottery. Generally, the catchment area for secondary schools is much larger than that for primary schools. My point was that if you are just at the stage of looking for primary schools, I wouldn't be worrying about being in the catchment for a secondary school. Things might be very different in seven years time.

I don't think Graveney is a good example of how secondary admissions generally work. It is very oversubscribed and in a relatively wealthy area so has been able to discriminate in this way. Most other secondary schools don't have such tight catchment areas.