Oooh, that's interesting, we were just going to put DS down for the two local ones and hope he got into one of them! We would go for L before B, but simply because his friends (or rather, my friends' children who are close in age to DS) are closer to L and therefore more likely to get into that one - it's down to the council which school you're allocated. But we would be letting DS visit both schools first (both are excellent; we considered this before moving to our current address). But then, as DS will be 3-4 when we're choosing a school I don't know if he will have an opinion - I'll certainly ask what he thinks of the schools though. I suppose my primary choice was just the local school, secondary was one of two, but if I went to the one I wanted to attend (public school) my parents wouldn't pay for me to go to Uni, so I went to the one they wanted me to attend (local state school).

Anyway, I rambled, but I never even thought about this before - you just go where you're sent! Thanks, Chloe, I'll certainly remember this in a few years when our turn comes round. It's a good idea.