Is this fraud and what to do.

[froggola]

Please no judgement. DH and I have been living apart for a couple of years but still together. Me and kids will move back into with him in September.
When applying for reception place I put his address as our main residence. I also didn’t say DS goes to nursery. As the nursery he goes to would prove that my house not in the borough is his main residence. I know that is wrong but I made the decision in a moment when filling in the form….Ds got offered a place and now school want a home visit. It’s feeling really stressful. What’s the plan? To go there and fake I already live there? Withdraw the application? It’s making me feel uneasy. I’d appreciate honest advice. I wasn’t intentionally deceitful, but I was. by omitting information and lying about my address. …which will be my address by September. If it makes any difference I’m on the deeds and have owned the house got a decade…

Both my DC had home visits bfore starting primary.
The Teacher and TA came together and asked them to fill in some info (with parental help) and draw a picture of themselves.
I know friends with DC at different school had the same

Fraud by false representation
(1)A person is in breach of this section if he—
(a)dishonestly makes a false representation, and
(b)intends, by making the representation—
(i)to make a gain for himself or another, or
(ii)to cause loss to another or to expose another to a risk of loss.

Your little white lie meets the standard of a but not b because the gain is not for yourself and does not cause them a loss. This is a civil matter and therefore no crime has been committed. Policy may have been breached, but no laws.

Note that b(i) says "to make a gain for himself or another". Your child is "another", so gaining a place for your child by giving a false address may meet the definition of fraud. However, no cases have yet gone to court under the Fraud Act as far as I am aware, so it is not clear whether the courts would find that school admissions fraud is a criminal offence.