If the two closest schools are oversubscribed?

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There is the possibility that we may be moving a new town, it is about eight miles from us now.
The two primary schools have a tendency to be oversubscribed. For example, sometimes they might have a space or two. Then none. Anyway, as we live rurally l won't be able to get my daughter to school in the village we live in now. We just have the one car, and my DH will use that for his work commute,and to take one of our sons to school( no choice).
What happens in a situation like this?

I've phoned the school/s and they don't really have an answer.
Thank you

We've done this recently.

Did the schools say if they currently have spaces in your daughter's year? The admissions service may also be able to help you with which nearer schools may have places. Though schools may be more reliable - we were told by admissions that there were no spaces at the school we wanted, but school told us they in fact had 2 spaces!

Either way you put in an in year application, listing the nearest schools. If they can't fit her in there they'll allocate you where they have the nearest space, and if it's more than the minimum distance they'll provide transport. For us, we were pretty sure places come up occasionally at the nearer schools, so if we'd been allocated something way out we might have home educated for a few months rather than start DS then move him.

What year is she in? It does make a difference to the minimum distance for providing transport and also to how tight the class size rules are.

Thank you both. It would be for year 2. I think that is still quite a fixed year group. My concern is if they bus her far away, even two miles... I won't be able to get to get to her in an emergency. If she is sick or something. I will be stuck. I'm thinking (although we can't afford it) about a second car? I know the town is surrounded by a few village schools, they always see to have places. It just isn't what l'm comfortable with. :(

Surely you can get a cab in an emergency? Where I am if both parents were at work it could easily take either ine up to an hour to get back, it's just the way it is.

In an emergency you can get a taxi. Much cheaper than running a second car! Would probably do that even one mile away tbh, would you expect an ill child to walk home?
And you can always stay on waiting lists. Places do come up.

We are also in the process of moving house because we've been relocated through work. I've been offered one place at the local school and the other 2 dc have places at different primary schools across town. I haven't quite worked out how it's going to work logistically with 3 different school runs in different directions.

Have you asked about placing your dc on the waiting list?

I think l will check again when the schools return. I'm an anxious parent, so having her far away is something l need to work on l suppose. We have always been just five minutes away (spoilt, l know)
Guess that is why the school acts like l should be there straight away to collect one of them! Thank you for the informative help.