Moving town/city before starting school

[Melon2312]

Hi, my ds is due to start school in 2016. We currently live in NW London but I am keen to move out of London and thought just before he starts school could be the perfect time. But I'm wondering how you then go about applying for a school place in an area that you don't currently live in, if that makes sense! If anyone could shed some light on how this process works I'd be grateful.

Would make your life so much simpler to move before application deadline (Jan 16).

Otherwise in theory I think you can apply from elsewhere in the UK using your current address. The trouble is you'd be so far out of catchment you'd only get into an undersubscribed school as you would be behind everyone else on the distance criteria.

If you apply to a faith school that allows you to worship outside the parish, or your child is adopted then you can get yourself higher up the criteria.

Hmm, problem with moving then is that we'd lose our free childcare (both sets of parents also live in London!) why do these things have to be so complicated??

You can only apply from a current address in reality. You have to prove you live there generally. Unless you apply for a massively under subscribed school from an address mikes away. If you want a popular school then you'll have move before the deadline.

Yes, we moved befor applying. Otherwise we would have been late applicants and could have been allocated any school.