Moving over summer holidays - applications help please!

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I have 3 DSs aged 10, 5 and 3, currently year 5, reception and early entitlement.
I am hoping to start a course of study in September 2013 which would mean moving to a new area. I will find out if I have a place mid - late October this year.
However, this September/October I have to apply for a secondary school for DS1 and a reception place for DS3. If I know before the deadline closes that I WILL be moving (although not necessarily exact address - the college owns accomodation, which I will have to live in, so I might be able to have a basic idea) do I apply to schools in our current area and then we actually move which will be summer holidays next year, apply to schools in new area. Or can I apply straight away to schools in our new area even though we won't actually live there at the time.
Thinking ahead, as the nearest school to where we are moving is not only a Christian school, but has an attached autism unit (DS has Aspergers). if it is anything like our local C of E/catholic secondary school it will be vastly oversubscribed.
Hopefully that makes sense!

Would you be able to get a statement naming that school? Generally I don't think that they will accept new addresses until they are definite - contracts signed etc.

You should contact the new LA and see what they have to say about the situation. It is possible they will allow you to apply based on your college address. However, in general you have to apply based on your address at the time of application. You apply to your current LA. You can name schools in your new LA as preferences but the application will be decided on your current address, which means you are unlikely to get a place.

Thank you :)