kenyancowgirl wrote:
Sorry, they don’t have to prove anything. My point is that it doesn’t matter if you lived there 5 days or 5 years - the fact that you live there for allocations gives you the catchment advantage. The LA don’t care if you lived their 5 days or 5 years - they care that you are getting the advantage and then moving out of catchment - and if you do this before your child starts school they will withdraw the place according to the rules they set, and you agreed to, when you applied.
Don’t get me wrong, I have some sympathy for people who get caught in conundrums that are genuine - however, in this case you will find yourself the wrong side if you move in May.
But it sounds as if you are confident her score will still get her a place when she is classed as out of catchment? Is that how they allocate out of catchment places then, by score? Do they have many out of catchment places?
Understand your point. It's likely she could get in as an out of catchment with her score, but even its not possible, I guess she will get in at Westcliff with 395+. Please, correct me if my guess is way out of mark! However, cchs remains her first choice.
Please do you know if we could ask them to consider her at cchs as an out of catchment candidate for admission purposes at this time? I will chose that option as we have to move and if she doesn't get in as an out of catchment, she will be considered for westcliff.
The issue I am seeing now, is that if she is given cchs as in-catchment candidate and later they withdraw the admission, she would have missed out from Westcliff and Southend.
Worried parent.