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The circumstances or situations below could affect:
- how you apply and the information you should include
- what documentation and evidence you need to provide
The school will require the following proof before your child is admitted into school:
- Proof of where you (the parent/carer) live
- Proof that the child lives with you (the parent/carer)
- Proof of the child’s date of birth
We will withdraw any place obtained using incorrect or fraudulent details. It is your duty to provide the correct information and to inform the Admissions Team of any change in your circumstances.
Your child's home address
Your home address must be where you live with your child, unless you can prove that your child lives elsewhere with someone who has legal care and control of your child.
It is important that the address you give on your child’s application, will be your child’s permanent or main residence at the time of application. (At the time of application means the closing date for applications unless you are in the process of moving house).
We expect a child’s home address to be a residential property that is the child’s only or main residence, not an address at which your child may sometimes stay or sleep due to your domestic arrangements. The property must be owned / leased or rented by the child’s parent/ carer or person with legal care and control of the child.
As part of the school admission process, you will be asked to provide proof of address. We are committed to following strict address verification procedures.
The offer of a school place is conditional until proof of address has been confirmed.
Parental responsibility
Parental responsibility means having all the rights, duties, powers and responsibility of a child in your day to day care, as set out by the Children Act 1989.
- Only applications from a person who is legally responsible for the child can be accepted
- We can only accept one application per child.
- The application can only be considered from one home address.
- Where there is any doubt about parental responsibility, the school will also ask you to provide proof of parental responsibility.
Any recent change of principal carer or parental responsibility must be supported by satisfactory evidence. (for example, if a child moves to live at another address).