We're in the process of selling our house in Coventry (sold STC) and are looking to rent locally then move up to Manchester at the end of the school year. Moving mid-year not on the cards as DH is a teacher and wants to change jobs in Sept.
My absolute priority with moving is getting DD - currently in Y1 - into a decent school close to our new house, but the school admissions system seems to be a nightmare!!
You can't apply more than 2 months in advance of moving (so apply July for Sept), and you have to have a contract of sale / tenancy agreement as proof of address.
Also, as schools close during the summer hols, if the application in July isn't processed quickly nothing will be done until September (this from the secretary in the council admissions office). Aaaargh!!
Can't decide whether to rent somewhere in Manchester from May, and apply then, or wait, as places are probably more likely to come free at the end of the school year ...
Also, really hard to know where to rent / buy as the council has no data on which schools have vacancies, so it sounds like I'd have to ring round all the schools in a 2-3 mile radius of possible address, then pick 3 choices, knowing full well we might be allocated a random school miles away if these are full ...
The move has been planned for a while, and we are re-locating to be closer to family which will be fab for DC, but oh my goodness this school thing is really getting to me :( Totally losing sleep over it.
We have to move now before DS starts school as my mind boggles at the thought of finding school places for 2 of them!!!
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runningLou · 04/11/2013 20:52
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