Our plan had always been to move close to where our son goes to nursery. After reading the admission criteria I am now worried we breach admission rules, I have left moving too late.
My 3-year-old has an admissions deadline of January 2019. Currently own a house in the same local authority as the area and schools we wish him to attend but way out of the catchment area.
Our house goes on the market this week, past experiences tells me that getting a house sale and purchase in place in 7-8 months is highly unlikely.
I am thinking that if by Sept it is looking unlikely, I will rent a property in the catchment area and move into it, vacating the house I am a selling. This would be a 12 month or longer contract.
Below are the two points in the admission criteria that worrying me.
^• Applicants in short term rented accommodation may be asked to provide evidence of their current and former housing arrangements.
• Where an applicant has ownership of a property, that address should be used for the purposes of school admission. The applicant must provide evidence and reasons for the use of any other address.^
I would be gratefully for your help and advice on how the local authority will view this. prh47bridge if you are reading this your opinion would greatly be appreciated.