GCSE in year admission in Harrow

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For a kid starting their GCSE year, can he/she travel from Europe and join an English Government run school a month before GCSE exams. Does the Government/Council have a "duty of care" which requires them to place the kid in a school and get them to take thir GCSE exams?

Is there any cut off deadline that the kid must be in a school by say December, for them to take their GCSE exams?

Happy to read legislation myself. If someone here has Administrative experience in a Council with admissions, would love to hear from them. The council for the kid will be Harrow.

I’m wondering if this whole mad idea stems from a misunderstanding of the somewhat archaic and misleading term “public school” in the UK.

Kid got in the school 9 months ago. In middle of GCSE, parents are relieved things have gone well.

Thank you to all posters here who gave key input on dates, they were indeed accurate.

So the kid enrolled in the school near the start of year 11 and was put in for GCSEs with the rest of his/her cohort.

Well, that was pretty straightforward then. No need for any £3000 payments to the council.

Glad it's all worked out. Good luck to the DC in their exams.