We are moving house this year, we have access to the house from April, but planned to live at the old house and visit on weekends to get it ready before making the 100 mile move fully over the summer holidays.
However, the 2 local schools for my yr7 and yr5 (currently) are full. The next schools are 4.5 miles and 2 miles away. The school's we wanted them to go to are literally over the road from the house, and the other is a 5 minute walk round the corner.
With our youngest starting school in September (we've applied for the catchment school to the house and provided proof of residence so should hopefully get our first choice), I'm now left with the possibility of having to do 3 school runs, and then get to work. It's just not practical, logical and may not even be possible on some days, meaning someone will always be late.
We could move full time at Easter, as the local authority won't even let us apply for a September place until July, and then keep the older ones at the current schools and move at very short notice once they get a place if we have to go through the appeal process.
Has anyone gone through an appeal process for a yr5/7 place, would the fact that we are moving for family support with childcare, and the logistics of where we live be a strong enough case for winning the appeal? Given that it's not an infant class size appeal, it's KS2 and KS3.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.