In Year School Admissions Advice Please!

[Claire29]

We are about to put our house on the market and looking to move to bexley/sidcup, my eldest is in year 2 at a good local school in ed, I've been offered a place for a good school in the area we are to move to, but he would have to start within 2 weeks time.

My middle son is due to start school in september so I really need eldest to be in a school in new area by easter time so I stand a chance of getting other son in then for september.

It will cause upheaval for me in having to sort out changing working hours, driving him over there every morning (i have family who can pick him up)

But really not sure if to take the risk as I know places in year in a school you have chosen don't often come up. Plus the fact I need a place for middle son for sept.

Any advice from anyone who has been in a similar situation would be appreciated!

Thanks

[ladywotlunches]

Claire, I would say put your house on the market right away, see if you get any offers in the next 2 weeks, and then have you got somewhere to move to or are you planning to rent? Not to put too much of a downer on things, but if you've not sold yet, there's no guarantee that things may have gone through even by September - and then if you take the school place now, you will have months of hassle, and then maybe not even get the sibling place.