Thanks for this - very interesting! The families I've been told about supposedly already live in Southwark so it should flag up hopefully! I did look for old threads but couldn't find any - maybe put the wrong wording in the search! RoundTable Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Straight up Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > We?ve also missed out on our first choice of ED > > Charter, live just under 800m away. I am > hearing > > through friends about families who own houses > > further afield in East Dulwich renting nearer > to > > the school to get in. This is all hearsay at > the > > moment so don't know if it's true or not but if > my > > son misses out on a place due to this happening > I > > will be furious! Does anyone know do the > school > > or Southwark council investigate / do checks > for > > admissions cheats? > > They check, but here is what happens: > > if you pay council tax in Southwark, then > Southwark are able to check if you already live > here and so if you are just renting a second home > to get in. If you move in from a different > borough, then since councils don?t share council > tax data then they can?t prove it. It is an open > secret that people move nearby from 12 months to > get a space, particularly from outside Southwark, > and then move out again. And that?s them plus all > their siblings. There are threads about this in > the forum.
