Opinions Please Moving house should I change my 2 ds school or leave them in?

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Not sure were to put this so as it has to do with schools and possibly changing them I've put it in education.
I'm seperating from h and the house has just gone up for sale. My family and most friends live 15-20 miles away so I am keen to move somewhere near by them all for the support and because thats were I feel like I'm home. However I'm studying and will qualify next september which means a new job whatever that is and a possible second relocation to be near that job or in the vicinity. This would mean two potential new schools in a short space for my 2 ds.
My friends are advising me that kids adapt and moving closer would be the best thing to do but my gut feeling is to keep kids in school they are in and just move as near by as possible (I'll be renting) until I qualify and then change there school.
The thing is I don't want to live near by so I'm also thinking moving half way between their school and my family so I'm a bit closer but still able to get them to school but think if the school found out they would say that we were out of catchment area.
Opinions much appreciated

I don't think any school would chuck the kids out just because you moved - unless they had good reason to think you'd been decieving them about living at the first address in order to get them in the school in the first place.
I think in your place I'd rent within a reasonable distance of school until the future is a bit more settled - ie you've got your new job. How old are they btw - would either of them be changing schools soon anyway?

They are 4 and 6 so no they will be in the same school till they are 11. If I moved half way as I'm on the bordes already I would be in a different education/council area....do you think the school would ask them to leave due to this?

Rental prices near by are on the high side....I'll have the money from the house but I feel I need to be miserly over it within reason so that I can carry on putting roof over there heads. I don't know as there'll be enough to cover till I qualify its just i'd like some left for the next few years so I can take on holiday or something.

if you can stick the journey, and what about after school clubs for one and not the other.
local friends for the dc.

i would change schools in your position. they are young enough to make new friends.

If this were me I would keep them in the same school because of the possibility of a second relocation later, and also because of the family separation. The children will needs as much continuity and security as is physically possible; having their parents separate then to move school soon after is not a good scenario IMO.

If I were you I would look up the website of your local authority and see if you can find any policies on there about children moving - I know that where I am, the children can stay in the school once they've started even if they move out of catchment. In fact, I did it, we moved one year into senior school but I stayed put. I really don't think catchment areas matter to your situation - it's only if you are applying to enter a school.

Good luck!

We have several children at the junior school I work at who have moved to the neighbouring authority and no-one has asked them to leave. They'd have to take their chances about getting in to a secondary school in their current authority, but as you say that's a long way off.

I don't think I've ever heard of a child being asked to leave a school because of a change of house location! Many people who 'play the system' only maintain that (empty) rented flat in the desired catchment til they have the school acceptance letter in their grubby hands then they drop it, safe in the knowledge that, apart from a highly motivated head who was suspicious enough to pursue the matter, they're home and hosed!

My only concern is the whole comunity/local friends thing: We live out-of-catchment (due to a) not getting IN to our nearest school and b) then our rented house was sold from beneath us so we had to move anyway!) and it means the boys can't walk to school, haven't got kids from their school nearby and go to Beavers (strictly catchmented) with a bunch of boys from this village school.

However, I'd be inclined to try and keep them in the same school for now seeing as you'll almost certainly have to move them again with your job.