Hope you got a call back? The reception said the same to me,(I don't think they have been briefed properly) but I got a call back from the deputy to explain. As I understood it, putting them towards the top of your list plus getting forwarded for a bursary 'trumps' the distance, so it could become a case of the school calling LA and saying that they have offered a bursary and if distance is the issue then the bursary offer would help push you further up the list. So it is kind of important to know if you, like us, live slightly further away.