quick question about reception applications

[dolster]

Hi - my partner and I are both in a bit of transitional phase in our jobs at the moment and we could be either in London or Oxford or Norwich come the time our daughter starts reception (september 2014) BUT we probably won't know where we will be before the deadline for applications in Jan 2014. So I was wondering if anyone knows whether it is possible to apply for reception places in more than one location eg. would I be able to apply to norwich, oxford and the relevant London councils?

Thanks for any advice....

As far as I know you have to provide evidence of your permanent address at time of application. So many people try to fiddle the system to get a particular school they are quite strict on it. You'll just have to wait until you are settled somewhere definite and make a late application then and hope you get somewhere good!

Yes you could apply to Norwich and Oxford, but you must make your application through your LEA at the time of application wherever that is. If you're in London and apply for an Oxford school obviously you'll be pretty low on distance criteria, but if the school isn't oversubscribed you'll still be offered a place if its your first choice!

thank you all very much!

Here we only get three choices it seems to vary throughout the country.

Also bear in mind that you will only get one offer. So you might end up with an offer for Norwich but end up in Oxford. You won't get one offer from each area.

Realistically, you may be looking at in-year admissions. If you know where you will be but aren't there yet (e.g. know you will be in Norwich but are still in London at application date) you can do as TiggyTape describes.