Would anyone lie about their address to get in to the best school ?

[mummyloveslucy]

Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to give my Mother in laws address as she lives very near to the best primary school in the South West. We live quite neer by but it is not in our catchment area. What do they do to check where you live? has anyone done this and got caught?.

I wouldn't.
Many people do.
I know two families who were caught out, and their children were asked to leave the school in the first few weeks of term.
Which isn't a great start to their education.

yes, not me personally but a friend of mine gave her parents address. the headmaster turned up at the parents house, and obviously they weren't there. they got in a bit of trouble about that.

i live in the catchment for a popular school and the headmaster makes phone calls and visits (un-prompted) to the houses to make sure people aren't fibbing. they also usually ask for a council tax bill or something to prove your address. i'd be very careful if i were you!

This has been on our local news alot at the moment. We call it 'grannying' and girls at a High Scool complained about girls getting places and it's being investgated (sp) and some are being asked to leave. I live in NI, btw, and some of them were even coming over the border!

absolutely not, no way!!!

i can't understand people who think that this is an appropriate way to live their lives or more to the point, raise their children.

dont do it - you will get caught

two kids were removed from my dd's primary class last year

the parents will find out soon enough - or are you never going to have anyone from the school round to your house for tea?

I'm not sure you're going to get anyone admitting to it on WWW ! Sounds like a foolish idea tbh as you stand no chance if you get caught out but some chance if you apply properly.

Thanks every one that has made my minde up. I'm deffinatly not going to do that now!, How awful to be thrown out of the school at any point let alone the beggining of the first term. I hadn't even thought about children comming back to the house.
It just seems a bit unfair as this school has so much more than the others, inc a heated indoor pool, wow!. Anyway I could apply for that school and put our local as a second choice.

I wouldn't, because they do check a lot. Even at ds' school which is OK and not that overly-subscribed they do want to see Council Tax bills as proof of address. Also imagine having to maintain that lie for years not just to the school but also to the other mums/dads at school.

thought your DD was in a private school?

and no, don;t lie

you are depriving others of their rightful place

and you will be found out

if you want a place that much, move house

is n't your dd settled at her cosy private school ?

My daughter is at a private school for girls, this question was incase we had a boy next.

Catchments and quality of a school could change markedly before your hypothetical dc is born, let alone is school age. If it bothers you that much you have time to move closer surely.

move house

don;t cheat the system

also, schools can change vastly in a few years.. you are not even pregnant yet !

I'd say stop agonising about the minutae of the possible future education of putative children!!!!!

There's thinking ahead, and there's INSANE amounts of thinking ahead!

Really, honestly, this is too soon.

Well, when you put it like that, yes you're right I know. I think I just have too much time think about these things, maybe I shouls get a job.

YES!!!!