Hi everyone, I hope someone would be able to help or direct me to a good source!
We currently live in Cambridge (CB4) and our DD is turning 3 at the end of July this year. I understand that based on this she will be starting school in Sep 2017 and we would have to make an application by Jan 2017.
We are thinking of buying a house as soon as our permanent residency is approved (shouldn't be too long now). As we cannot really afford to stay in Cambridge itself we'd be looking at towns/villages around Cambridge - St Ives will probably be a first choice.
Providing everything goes well we secure a house by Jan application deadline and will be applying for schools within our new local area/catchment (by the way, can we make applications for schools outside the catchment?). What happens if we don't manage to secure a house by January? I imagine we'd make applications for schools in Chesterton/Cambridge but what if we move before school starts in September? What are the chances of getting into a good school in our new area? Would we have to apply for a transfer or start the admission process from scratch or go on waiting list?
We haven't even started and this is already stressing me out!
Thanks for any advice!