Hello,

DS doesn't start school till 2013 but we've started thinking of schools (public) for him. I didn't go to school here so don't know the schools. A few schools have come up here since DH went to school so he doesn't know how good they are.
We've started researching, and from what friends have said the schools in our catchment area aren't so good - in terms of how well it does and some of the kids there are quite rough. Looking at the MySchool website, they seem right, the results aren't not so good.
There are 2 good schools just near us but because of the border thingie between regions we are out of the catchment area. The schools are just about 5mins drive away and close enough for DS to cycle when he's older. One of the schools, is where DH went to, and he enjoyed there.

If we want to get into a school out of our catchment area, what reasons should we give? Would saying it's a better school help?