cem wrote:
Even if people moving to area children need to pass the exam don't they otherwise they can't go to school or can they without passing the exam I didn't really understand.
As far as I know Buckinghamshire school's not offer a place without passing the exam.
The OP was talking about people moving in after the results (so their DC would presumably have been deemed 'selective'), so that they have a local grammar school catchment address from which to submit their CAF, the deadline being a couple of weeks later. Of course, of the OP's flat is suitable for a family, then presumably other flats in the block are, too, and the move into area may be genuine, even if the flat is only a stepping stone to a proper 'forever home' still within the catchment (rather than a temporary address to use before moving back from whence they came once the school place is secured).
Verily, though, some folk will go to great lengths to try to convince admissions authorities that, having given living in a three bedroom detached house a go for a few years, they have finally realised that their ideal 'forever home' is a one bedroom flat with the general proportions of a rabbit hutch.
Chacun à son goût and all that...