temporarily moving primary school?

[Rachael28j]

Hi, does anyone know is it possible to just change schools temporarily? I need to go stay with my mother for a few months while she has some medical treatment. Would I be able to put him into school at mums for a term but still retain his place at home? I know its a big upheaval for him but unfortunately we cant avoid it. Thank you for any help.

It is not so much the school you go to than the school you come from that is the problem. If you formally leave and it is a popular school then your place has to be allocated to another pupil.
Different LAs have different views on prolonged absences from school and I would suggest that you establish in writing with the LA of the school your son is at what their policy is. Do not rely on the school (assuming it is a community school) it is the LA that you have to make any agreement with.

Even if you find a place at a school near your mum's I would be surprised if the existing school can hold his place. VA schools can be more flexible but community schools have less flexibility.

Do talk to the schools concerned. I do know one boy who joined my DS's school temporarily as he moved to live with his father while his mother had treatment for breast cancer; and then moved back when she could take care of him again. (I am assuming he is not infant school age, when this would be harder.)

I live abroad, and on one trip to the UK for a visit, we put the DCs in the local primary school near my mum's for a month. There was no huge problem, but my DD who was Y2 at the time, had to go into the Y3 class because Y2 was full capacity (30 pupils).

You'd run the risk of losing his current school place, assumuing you could find a school near your mums which would accept him. Plus all the disruption to him socially and educationally... Can you not find a carer to look after your mum? Social Services or her NHS might fund something.

thanks for all your messages. I don't really have any other options and to be honest we could do with a break from being where we are anyway. We may well end up there permanently if ds settles well. The school he is in messed up with his intake and took 38 into 1 reception class so they have been split into 2 classes for year 1 so I would think he would be able to get back in as they are small classes now. Just need to wait to hear from the schools near myy Mums.

Rachael,
Please be aware that it does not work like that. The school may have messed up and had 38 in it but they are only allowed to have up to the Published admission number, which I suspect could be 30. They cannot admit any pupils to the school in that year group until they are below the admission number, that is 8 leave, assuming it is 30.
The reason that they are in to two groups from September is that they have had to obey the infant class size regs, which says no more than 30 in the class with one school teacher. The extra 8 were admitted as excepted pupils, which gives the school the rest of the school academic year to get to a position to meet the rules - they have now had that and come up with two small classes as the answer.
You will need to go to appeal to get a chance of getting back into the school. I would suspect that many panels may be sympathetic to your situation but it would be foolish to assume that you will get a place back without any problems.