My personal anecdotes are just that. However, I saw the same thing going on when we lived in Loughton when D******* F********n was the school of repute. Getting your kid in reputedly meant doing some string pulling. We know about parents who move house to be in a certain desirable catchment. We know about parents who suddenly become rather Christian, cynically attending the local church in order to qualify their kids for the associated faith school. Donations to the church might be involved. My personal anecdotes count for very little except to confirm in my mind the corruption that goes on. They tend to blunt the temptation of denial. I thought I'd tell you about them anyway.