catchment area
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In Scotland, local councils use "catchment areas" to decide where students go to school.
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"In greater Lisbon we have two million people and this is not enough in terms of catchment area, so we try to be as active as possible across the country," Mil-Homens explains.
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In Scotland, your council decides which school in your local catchment area your child will attend.
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The council said 35 of the school's current 47 pupils came from outside its catchment area.
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"Proximity to transport infrastructure or within catchment area of a good school are proving to be big drivers," he said.
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