It depends on the school. BIL was sent to a bigger school for year 5 & 6, to prepare him for the size of high school (primary school only being 12 kids!)
He chose one school, but they said no because they already had too many kids in that grade. The second school was slightly smaller, so they accepted him happily.
A friend of mine just changed her DD's school. She had to pretend the father wanted to spend more time with her & so wanted her at school closer to him.
In my experience, it can be difficult.
We were living in a zone which meant we could only send our daughter to a school different from her brother - the fact that her brother was already enrolled in the school made no difference toward our application for her to go to the same school. We applied as soon as the applications were opened and we found out half way through the year that she had been denied based on the fact that the outside of zone applications were all full. So we tried again with even more supporting documentation (reports, awards, proof of her representing her school in dance, sports etc) and we were denied again. It was awful as we were coming to the time of year where we had no idea what school she would be attending. In the end we moved to an area that is zoned for the school just to get her in. It is insane how it all worked out. We have since learned our lesson and will be enrolling DS2 in a private school for 2012.
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