Proof of relinquish past property for school admission

[banana999]

Can anyone who has been through this please advise:
For school admission, can we proof that we have relinquished all links with our old property for school admission if we let it out inclusive of bills and council tax?

I just want to discuss the above and not a debate of why it's inclusive of bills or whether it's right or wrong to have two properties e.g. move for school while owning another property (the two properties are 2 hours drive apart during peak hours).

Depends where you are I guess. In central beds (where I am) the primary check is the electoral roll and council tax register. If you are on both, they do not look further unless they have reason to be suspicious and obviously its an oversubcribed school (makes no difference to anyone if there are places left as you could get in regardless). Beyond this it is looking for evidence that you are occupying the property you claim to live in; it is big enough for the family for example(not a studio flat). At this stage I guess evidence that you are not living at a former address would boost that claim. But my understanding is the focus is on proving you live at the new address

If you are simply letting out your old property you won't relinquish all links - it still belongs to you. The question is whether the LA will insist on using that property as your address for school admissions. Different LAs have different policies so advice from someone living elsewhere may be misleading. Some LAs will use the address of the property you own regardless of whether or not you have let it to someone else. Some will accept your new address provided the original address is a long way away and/or you have let it on a long lease. Some have other policies. You need to talk to your LA, i.e. the LA covering your new home.

If you are intending to rent near a popular school while continuing to own a property elsewhere you may find it difficult to persuade the LA that your move is genuine. Even if you do they are allowed to change their mind later. If, for example, you get a place at your preferred school, your child starts there and you then move back to your old property the LA can throw your child out of the school.

The LA allows letting of old property but must prove that we relinquish all links. So I wonder if an all inclusive long let is enough? We don't intend to move back.

Why don't you just ask them exactly what evidence they need - they're far better placed to answer than some Internet randoms!

As you have moved 2 hours away I would have thought that the council would accept that you haven't just moved to get your child into the school and then plan to move back. That really would be the school run from hell.

I would speak to the council and ask them what they want.