Moving schools in October?

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Hiya guys,
I have just been given notice from my landlord he is selling the house, and I've been given notice to vacate the property by the end of October. I have a 5yo DS and 3yo DD. He has just started year 1 and she has just started nursery ( attached to the primary school).
So I want to use this as an opportunity to move to a different area as well as moving to a 3 bedroom house so they can have their own room as they currently share.
How difficult is it to change schools into a different borough this time of year?
I'm really stressed about it all, especially as time is ticking!
Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated!

It depends on whether the schools have places.
For infants there is a limit of 30 per class.
If you move next door to a school, if it is full you won't automatically get a place (but may be top of the waiting list).
Some areas have a lot of churn, some hardly any at all.

If you have a new school in mind ring them up and ask about situation for your DS's year.

Thanks.
Do you think it's worth calling local authority and asking about what schools would have places? Or call the actual schools?

That depends on the Local Authority. Some LAs manage all admissions themselves, and some allow schools to manage their own in-year admissions. If you give the Education Dept at your council a ring, they will be able to tell you.

When moved house I contacted all the possible schools by myself. As the schools always have more up to dated info.

I'm on the sane boat as my son is currently in yr 8 and dc starting reception next year. I would definitely ring up the local authority first and find out what schools have places first rather then move before habd as you need spaces for both children and if you live in a borough where many schools are outstanding or oversubscribed then it may be hard to get both children in.

As mentioned before it doesn't matter how close you live to a school education en if you live next door if they have no space you would have to wait till someone leaves.

Assuming your honest is in reception you may find it hard finding a school at that year as most maybe full up especially with their not being enough schools. I would also consider other boroughs.

Sorry read your post wrong regarding ages. If you know what school you want your dd to go to next year you should try to see what if you can get ds into that school