School want proof of address for child

[AmberTraybake]

Hello,
i have recently moved home and the school are asking for proof of address. I can provide this for my self ( council tax, insurance letters) but struggling for my daughter. I sent bank statements which were rejected.

They will accept child benefit letters. Will HMRC send me a letter to my new address when I change the address for my child?

The school can rescind the place if it's oversubscribed and they're not satisfied that OP (and her child) meet the distance criteria?

Why do they need the kids name on things id you have parental responsibility?

Are you sure they mean proof of address in the actual child’s name? I’ve have to show proof of address for the kids starting secondary school and I just sent a screen shot of our council tax bill and that’s all they needed.

Write a statutory declaration.

We needed a letter addressed to our child for secondary school proof of address.
The 2 things we did were asked their dentist to send an apt letter, and reserve a library book with their card which caused a letter to be sent to them when it was ready to collect.

They would need to make a case, admissions are usually done through a central council process.

Request your daughter’s NHS number sent to you by post. This will be addressed in your daughter’s name and comes within a week.

https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/online-services/find-nhs-number/

The kids in year 9 - she’s been there three years!

Edited to add: kids are allowed to move once they’re at school - they do not have to remain within catchment distance. A place can only be withdrawn if they think the application was fraudulent.

The kids in year 9 - she’s been there three years!

Are you getting that from a different thread? OP's posts state only that they've recently moved home.

Moved home yes, not moved to a new school.

They're asking how you know the OP's child is year 9.

Oh good point - wonder where I got that from!

In any case even if she is in year 7, they still can’t withdrawn the place simply due to a house move as you are allowed to move outside catchment.

Or OP is your child in year 6, and the school she will be starting in September are asking for proof?

Again, OP has only stated that they recently moved home. They may have received an occasional place at a new school which the school is now looking to complete documentation for.

I’d be asking them why they need proof, we’ve recently moved and I just rang them and updated it, even the GP let me change my address over the phone.

The school need to tell you exactly what they want, and why.

If they ask for a GP letter, tell them you are happy to provide it if they are willing to pay the £75 fee (my GP's charge for a letter) because you don't have the money.

If they won't accept a bank, council tax or child benefit statement, I don't see what else you can do. Print off your child's registration from the NHS portal.....?

I live near one of the top 5 schools in the country they want proof as people are paying to use addresses in the catchment area

I was going to suggest this

It is part of safeguarding practices for a school to request proof of address when a change is reported. Mine also requested it even when the address was part of the catchment area. They have a duty of care to make sure the info you are giving can be verified. Just provide them with a NHS letter and that’ll be it.

The bizarre thing about this is that neither of those things require anything other than “you telling them that’s the address” - I.e. your dentist wouldn’t need any kind of formal evidence, and I’m pretty sure a library wouldn’t run any checks on children’s addresses. So how these provide concrete “proof” more than a parents’ bank account or council tax statement is just odd.
(Not a criticism on your reply here, I admire your initiative but just for me the logic doesn’t add up).

Yes, but why do they want it? What will happen if you dont provide it?

But what happens if you dont provide it?

Places are the councils responsibility, not the schools.

I'd be turning this around on the school and asking why, and what are they going to do with this information?

It seems it’s the same with all school around here: they require separate proof for children.

I am assuming they will withdrawal the place.