Primary and secondary admissions prospectus
Your address
We use a parent's or legal carer's permanent residence when processing an application. If you have two addresses, we will use the address at which you actually live to determine your school admission zone.
If we find that you have given an address which is not yours, such as that of a childminder or a family member, we can withdraw your offer of a school place.
Providing proof of address
We may need to confirm you are living in the property you have listed as your main residence. We will request this either in writing if you completed a paper application or by email if you applied online.
If you have two addresses, we will ask you to prove that you normally live in the one you have told us is your main residence. We will also ask for evidence of how you are using your other to confirm that you do not live there.
You need to provide 3 documents from Section A, but we may accept 2 documents from section A and 1 from Section B if you can show that you have extreme difficulty in proving your main residence.
We will review applications on a case-by-case basis. Contact us if you cannot provide any of the documents stated below as we may accept other proof of address.
Documents required to prove that an address is your main residence - Section A
Document | Conditions |
|---|---|
Solicitor's letter confirming purchase of property |
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Current council tax bill in your name | Must be supplied if you are the council taxpayer and must be for the current financial year |
Tenancy agreement signed by all parties for a minimum of 6 months | Must be current and include the pages that show the names of the tenants. If this is a new address, you must supply a letter from a solicitor confirming exchange of contracts. |
A utility bill (gas or electricity) | Must be in your name, showing usage at the application address within the last 3 months. |
Benefit or Universal Credit letter | Must be for the current financial year |
Child Benefit letter | Must be for the current financial year. All pages of the letter should include the home address and child's name. You can request a confirmation letter from HMRC even if you receive payment. |
Child Tax Credit letter | Must be for the current year. Please copy all pages of the letter. |
Letter from your GP confirming the child's name | Must not be more than 12 months old. |
Documents required to prove that an address is your main residence - Section B
Document | Conditions |
|---|---|
Income support | Must be for the current financial year |
TV licence | Must be for the current year |
Driving licence | Must be current |
Documents required to prove that an address is a previous or second property
Document | Conditions |
|---|---|
Solicitor's letter confirming sale of property |
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A rental agreement from the letting agent stating that the house is now for let | Must be current and include the pages that show your name and the name of the letting agent |
A tenancy agreement signed by all parties for a minimum of 6 months | Must be current and include the pages that show the names of the tenants. If this is a new address you must supply a letter from a solicitor showing exchange of contracts |
Moving house
If you are moving to a new house and you want to apply for a school whose admission zone covers your new address, you need to provide proof that you have already moved and you are living in the new property.
If you can prove that you have moved after the application closing date but before we have allocated places, we will process your application based on your new address.
If you are moving into the admission zone of a school that is usually or likely to be oversubscribed, it may not be possible for us to offer you a place in that school even though your new property is in the school's admission zone.
Temporary accommodation
We will only consider a temporary address for use in your application in exceptional circumstances. Otherwise, we will use the address at which you were living before the temporary move took place.
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