Bunn and Kargicq have reminded me of the rather enormous thing that my parents did, which was move from a house they loved in order to stay in the catchment area of the nearby state grammar school when the boundaries changed. The school I would otherwise have had to go to had an egalitarian Head who refused to let anyone study a subject unless everyone could do it. I expect my enthusiasms and academic inclinations would have survived it, but the grammar school was definitely right for me. However, I doubt this school wants you to say to its parents "consider moving house to get your child into a better school." :-)