DH has been offered a brilliant job opportunity in Edinburgh, he'd be mad not to accept it. We have family in Glasgow and friends in both Glasgow and Edinburgh, I think it'd be a really positive move for us all. Currently we're in England.
But the move seems daunting as we'd be moving in the same year as our eldest's secondary school admissions, so we'd miss this process. Can anyone help me navigate this?
This has all happened really quickly - but realistically I don't think we'll have sold our house and be ready to move till the new year at the earliest, or later if the market's not moving - unless we're really lucky.
Also, because of the difference in the English and Scottish systems, I can't see any way of doing this other then selling our house first, then renting in Edinburgh while we house hunt. We don't have much spare cash - our house budget is about £300k which I know doesn't go far in Edinburgh!
So, by the time we've bought a home in Edinburgh, we'll have long missed the applications process.
Can anyone give me any advice on this? I know the system is different to England, there isn't the same competition for places, but are Edinburgh schools oversubscribed even so?
DS is bright and has ASD (high functioning) so I need to be careful he's going to a school that he'll likely thrive in.
Will DS end up without a school? Or sent to one miles away that's not suitable for him? Are we mad to consider this?
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