DS starts primary school in Richmond borough next Sept (2018) so we're in the application window now.
We currently live in House A, and have done for 5 years. It is practically in the playground of DesiredSchool and so DS' admission is as certain as it's possible to be.
Timings have conspired so we are in the process of trying to buy House B, and are not sure yet whether we'll be in by the end of Jan. We think we should be, but we haven't exchanged yet.
House B would have been close enough to DesiredSchool in each of the past three years for us to get DS into Reception, based on the current criteria. (It's a faith school but we score well on that). Moving slightly further away from the school is a risk, we know, but it's the right house for us and they don't often come up, so we think we have to do it, rather than waiting to move until after September.
I presume the right thing to do is to wait as long as we can without missing the 15 Jan deadline and then apply from whichever house we're in at that moment? Rather than applying from House A now and then notifying them of House B at some point pre-/post-January 15th?
I'm not especially worried about applying from either house from a distance point of view. What really worries me is the potential for misunderstanding - we are definitely not gaming the system (we're heading in the wrong direction for one thing), just moving at an awkward time of year.
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HerculesMulligan · 09/10/2017 17:31
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