Having lived in Germany for more than 5 years, I'm a little out of touch as to how the system works when it's time for your little darling to start school. If things were simple and we were based in the "right" area in the UK, I assume we would put ds's name down for the schools in our catchment area. But how does this work? Does the local LEA send you a form x months in advance of when ds would go to school and one then fills in the no.1, 2, 3 choice and then they let us know which school has awarded him a place x months in advance of him starting or how does this work? Really important to know how far in advance one can put ds's name down for a place (I think he will be really young for his year and start Sept 2004, he'll be 4 beginning of that August)and how late or soon they let you know if you have a place.........Then to make it more complicated, how does it work if one is only moving to the area a couple of months before the school year starts? I read somewhere that you cannot apply for a place before house contracts have been exchanged or you have rented a house in that area, is this right? So the chances presumably of getting ds into a good school if we only move in July next year would be extremely slim? Any way around this? Help gratefully received!
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Goddard · 30/07/2003 18:28
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