can i apply for a place at a primary school in a different borough to the one where i live?

[beautifuldays]

just curious as we live about 100metres from the border with a different borough council. so we live close to our catchment school (in our own borough) and also very close to another school which is in the neighbouring borough. can i apply to both of them? and what happens if i get a place at both? any help much appreciated! thanks x

anyone?

Yes you can, though you need to check how the oversubscription criteria work for each of them (one or more may give prefereance to in- borough applicants). It seems to be the case in London that cross border applications are considered at the same time, so you would only be offered one school rather than two, but in the event that you received 2 offers you would have to decline one. For the sake of the other familes on the waiting list it is better to do so as soon as possible, though it is perfectly feasible to hold on to both places until your child actually starts school.

Yes you can.

We live in one borough and dd's go to school in a neighbouring borough.

We actually moved dd1 there after she did her Reception year at our local primary as we had made a mistake - nothing wrong with the school ...just not the 'right' school for her.

Not sure how the rest of it works though ...

Good luck.

Yes you can.

In london boroughs you put all your choices down on the one form, regardless as to what borough the schools of your choice are in. You then send it off to your local borough council, they will then allocate the first of your choices that they can offer, based on all of the schools admission criteria. This means that you should only get one offer.

As far as I know, this system changed a few years ago as people who lived near borough boarders could apply seperately to different boroughs and sometimes get more that one offer for a school.

I hope this makes sense.

yes you can but it doesn't always work the way isgrassgreener said

We live in one borough but dd goes to school in the neighbouring one. We applied for a local school (1 form) and 3 schools in the neighbouring borough (a second form - there wasn't any communication between the two boroughs at all

it's purely distance from the school regardless of borough boundries. dd is in year 1