I'm also very depressed by those circles! We're in the process of buying a house in the centre of FH in a catchment black hole (0.3 miles from the nearest primary). We don't want our kids to go to school miles away. Should we abandon the sale and buy a less suitable, more expensive house next to the primary school of our choice?! Or is it possible that if we stick it out on the waiting list, we'll get a place at our preferred school eventually?