i know first hand the problem with only putting one school down, cos i did it.

and didnt get that school even though it was in my catchment area.

and i got allocated the worse school in the city......

luckily i rang the LEA and they gave me a list of alternative schools and he now goes to one of the others in the city. which is much better,

so if you need to list 3 then out 3.

dont get caught out.

if you have three options, you should use them.   I agree with the poster below - you should check the admisison numbers and where you are in the catchment - a popular school which is oversubscribed could well be rejecting people from within its catchment area so if you're on the edge of the catchment, this could be a problem for you.  If you put down the one school and don't get in, you will have a school chosen for you - likely to be the least popular one around! 

hi check there admision numbers as if they get more applications than they have place its bst to put more than 1 down.

in our area we have to put 3 schools down.

we went to the school nursery and were told to just put down the 1 choice , and that it would be ok.

saying that though we are a small catholic school with 2 classes for each year.

good luck.

i put the 2 nearest down on my form coz i thought you had to. if you fall in the catchment area then you are more than likely to get a place. does the school have a pre school? if so it might be a good idea to put her in there as your chances of getting a school placing there will be higher. hth?