Iyael

Thanks @gebbjane that’s useful info @duncanw I do understand where you’re coming from but I’ve been totally open about what I was thinking/planning. Personally I think it’s open to debate if the school should only be available to those rich enough to purchase a house in the area as opposed to those who can only afford to rent. Having said that I’m not wanting to start any arguments so it’s all good 👍 At the end of the day we’re all just parents trying to do the best for our kids, with the resources available to us

The only way we could do it financially would be to rent out our current place. So yes our sole residence would be the new rental but we would be landlords for our current place (also in Southwark). The tenancy would be over 12 months. So if we could prove we’ve rented out our current home over 12months, does that mean we’d meet the admission criteria, or is the fact of owning another place enough to mean your application is unsuccessful regardless of whether you don’t live there anymore?

Hello, before I start, I do realise this is a very controversial topic! I’ll be straight - we are looking at renting a place to live near the Charter North school with the aim of applying for our eldest to get in. We would actually be living there permanently but due to circumstances would only have been there about 6months by the point of making an application I’ve read old threads on this forum about a “Renters Row” and the somewhat terrifying prospect of kids being ejected from the school if the parents were deemed to be manipulating the system, and then being offered the least subscribed school on the Borough as a result. Does anyone have recent experience of this?