Hi I have posted this on another forum here but was told i may have more answers here.
I wonder if anyone can shed any light on this for us.
We are British Citizens and two years ago my husband was offered an inter company transfer to work in the US. This was just for two years and they relocated me and our three children there. He was on a L1 Visa and the rest of us L2.
My sons were attending a British State school before we moved.
Two years have now gone by and we moved back to our old house in the UK three weeks ago.
We have been informed that we cannot apply to a state school as the home office has no record of us. The LEA seem very confused and this has been going on for nearly a month now and we don't seem to be getting anywhere with a decision as to whether our children can start school in September.
I spoke to the LEA before we moved back and they informed us that they would not be able to discuss a school place for our children until we were physically in the country, although we had an address (I can understand the logic of this though) They also mentioned they wanted to clarify with the home office whether there would be any issues with our British children attending a state school as we had been out of the EU for two years. I felt this wasn't necessary due to us not being immigrants and we didn't emigrate. This has delayed our children getting into the local school and within this time a new child has just started so one of the classes for my son is full.
I am not allowed to appeal or apply to a school now until they have a decision from the home office, who i also think are confused.
The person i have been dealing with at the pupil access team really seems confused and doesn't make much sense. He did say they wanted to know what visas we were on when we came back into the country but i kept telling him we didn't need visas to come back, we are still British Citizens!!. This just feels a little frustrating.
Am i missing something here?? Have the LEA got the wrong end of the stick or is it true that we are not eligible for a school place in the UK now we have been out of the EU for two years?. My husband was even paying some UK tax while we were away.
Any help and advice would really be appreciated
thanks
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Moving back to the UK - Told that we are not eligible for a state school place
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lucyhughes2 · 20/08/2014 19:39
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