catchment area

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In Scotland, local councils use "catchment areas" to decide where students go to school.

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In Scotland, your council decides which school in your local catchment area your child will attend.

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"One of the lessons of Day Zero is that our water catchment areas need to be rehabilitated and restored so that they are resilient," he said.

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The family, which included three kits, was spotted within the River Avon catchment area.

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He says England's school system is comprehensive in name only, with private school pupils still heavily advantaged, and the best state schools often dependent on being able to afford to live in the catchment area.

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