A mum I know is being pretty open about the fact that she has put a false address on her schools application form and applied for the same two schools as us even though she actually lives 2 miles further away.
Its a relatives house that she used to rent and the relative is letting her use the address still for the schools application. Its closer to the the first choice school than we are. so just on distance her child (then sibling next yr) would get priority over my child this year and his brother next year.
She currently rents a much bigger house 2 miles away where the schools are just as good. We however are in a 2 bed house for our honest application!
She wants her child (and then sibling next year) to go to the school where she will know all the parents as she lived in this area for a long time.
Not sure what to do, cos even if my child gets a place, there will be someone else more eligible on distance, that gets blocked if her child gets in.
I was quite easy about which school my boy gets in out of our two choices, but hearing her on Sunday made me come over wierd and want to push her child out of the way so mine can get in our first choice school before hers!
Should I do anything? Would you alert the authorities? Turn a blind eye? Wait to see if her child gets in but my child doesn't? Do nothing either way?
We get our letters about places in about 3 weeks.
Our admissions booklet dedicates a whole page to 'fraudulent admissions forms' so the LEA must take a dim view.
I thought I'd ask mumsnet what they think. I now going off line and won't be back on till Thurs eve but would welcome any comments.
I'll come back with my hard hat on cos I have a feeling this might be a contentious issue