Admission application related to rental contract end date

[NewToLondonParents]

Hi all, I am new to the forum and I found that many ppl here in the forum are very knowledgeable and helpful in helping each other.

The problem I am facing is that we are applying for secondary school places for our kid and we are renting (rental contract is over a year and it will end in Dec 2023 after our kid enters sec sch in Sep 2023).

We read from the council's admissions regulations that the admissions staff could withdraw the offer if the rental agreement ends before the school term starts or the break clause is before Sep, they could withdraw the offer.

I also heard that there are recommendations that we better stay in the same place for at least one more year after our kid enters the sec sch. However, we could not guaranteed that the landlord would allow us to continue to rent the same apartment for another year or so. We are genuinely living in this place, but just worry that if we cannot continue our rental contract and need to rent another place that is further away, then the admission staff will withdraw our kid's offered school place.

May I have your insights to this situation? 😭

I read that as meaning that you need to be in the rental when your dc starts at secondary- which you will be.

My understanding is that it is very unusual for a school place to be withdrawn once the child has started.

If you move between putting your application in and the start date next year you have to inform the council, they can reassign your dc's school place. They can't do anything if you move after they have started unless they have proof that you didn't really live in your rental house (people do rent near popular schools then "move" in September as soon as school starts (they never really lived there)

The previous poster is wrong. Some councils try to take away your place if you move, but the Admissions Code is clear. Once an offer has been made, there are only limited grounds on which it can be withdrawn. A house move is not one of them.

As you will still be living there at the start of term, you should be safe. Once your child has started at the school, the place can only be withdrawn if your application was fraudulent or deliberately misleading.

Thank you for all of your insights and sharing. The rental market is crazy, I really worry that if the landlord increased the rent too much and we are forced to find another place to live, it would be further away from the secondary school than our current rented apartment.

Yes I agree. Once the child has started...... I wouldn't worry