Fair enough - it was just that this statement here:

"Funnily enough all those living in the posh roads in forest hill are in kingsdale's catchment area, whist those living on the kingsdale estate next to kingsdale school are not."

is very specific. If it was based on the SLP interview with people who were not happy with not getting into Kingsdale, I think it needs to be treated with circumspection. Not saying it isn't true, just that it is hearsay. There are definite questions to be asked about how a school changes the 'quality' of its intake, but this thread might not be the place.

There are people who post on this forum because they are at the beginning of the schools admissions process, be it primary or secondary, such as the OP here. It's a baffling process sometimes, and terms like 'feeder' (as used by Baggydave) and 'catchment' have specific meanings in relation to schools admissions, so I think they should be used carefully so as not to cause further confusion.