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What is a catchment area?

What is a catchment area? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (hydrology) An area from which water drains into a particular lake, river, etc.; the catchment area of a large river includes its tributaries.
  2. The area served by a local institution, such as a hospital or school.
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Children from existing neighbourhoods will be affected by this catchment area decreasing.
This will make a difference to our school because it will boost numbers and add an extra village to our catchment area.
His school provides secondary education to a catchment area that covers some of the city's most deprived wards.
However, if this cannot be done then pupils from outside the catchment area will be told there is no guarantee that they will get a seat.
His school provides secondary education to a catchment area that covers some of Preston's most deprived wards.
She said one third of pupils in her school's catchment area went to other schools, a scenario which is likely to worsen in the future.

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