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Can I apply for secondary school for daughter from short term housing?

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highflyer99 · 03/05/2018 16:42

Hi,
Can you help with advice please. Planning to move to London this summer 2018 (from the US), after the schools are already closed. I know we need an address before we can apply to a school, yet we don't want to commit to an address until we can find a decent school with an open spot for a year 9.We're thinking of looking for a 1-2month rental so we're not stuck in case we are only offered a poor school. Is this the best approach? We'll only be in London 1 year then returning home, and it's supposed to be an adventure, but right now is feeling incredibly daunting.

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Hersetta427 · 03/05/2018 20:20

If you are only hear for a year is the poster entitled to a state school?

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highflyer99 · 03/05/2018 20:04

Thanks so much for the advice everyone. I've heard good things about Kingston also. Also been hearing that even if you live in an area with all good schools, if they're oversubscribed (I'm figuring Kingston falls in this catagory) you can be bumped out to a random school elsewhere. True?
Can you mums let me know if there are secondary schools that you think are good, and friendly to newcomers, in London or near, that aren't oversubscribed in 2018? Is there a website with this info? We're lucky in that husband will be working mostly from home so don't need to be super close to anywhere particular.

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prh47bridge · 03/05/2018 19:36

You need to talk to the local authority about what you are doing. They may not be willing to accept an application from a short term rented address. If you don't talk to them they might give you a place then withdraw it when you move on the basis that your original application was fraudulent. If the local authority says they are happy with you using a short term rented address you need to get it in writing so that you have evidence as to what was said.

ScrubTheDecks · 03/05/2018 19:26

Your best bet would be to move to a borough where all the schools are ok / have a good atmosphere.

People always talk about Kingston, for example.

ChanandlerBongsNeighbour · 03/05/2018 16:53

We did similar when we relocated (within the UK) last summer. We had a short term rental when we first moved before purchasing a property. As far as I recall we just used this address for our school application without any questioning etc.

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