I'll try to keep this simple!
We are re-locating. My DS is 4 (5 in March). He attends school part time, due to start full time in September.
I applied for a school place where we are moving to. It was a late application and we are (obviously) out of the catchment area (200 miles out of!). I called the local LEA a few weeks ago to see what his chances were. I was told the schools that we had applied for were full and the only one they could offer was quite a way from where we will be living. So we decided to postpone the move until next year and try to secure a place once there.
This morning I had a letter to say he has been offered a place at our second choice school, which is a fantastic school. Obviously we are over the moon, but it's going to be a massive struggle to move before September.
Can primary schools defer places until the following term? As in, could we ask that he starts the term after Christmas? I have been trying to find out all day, but can't get through to anybody at the LEA!!