I got great advice here last time we moved (18months ago... Army family!)
Current situation. Move suddenly happening over Easter. Schools in New LA closed already for Easter, and been trying to contact council/schools the last few days.
We are pretty sure school 100m away has space for DD2, but not DD1.
Surrounding schools also seem full. As we can't contact the schools, looks like we putting a speculative application for three closest.
Our questions...
- we know a school 5miles away has a place, but across county boundary... Can the council allocate across a boundary if we don't apply (perfectly nice school, but tiny.)
- it's a feeder school system... At appeal, would wanting a feeder school for the local secondary be a valid argument, for a military child needing continuity of education after attending multiple primary schools in multiple countries.
- niche question... Does the military covenant still apply if the child is no longer moving around with the serving parent?