[Chibi]

Hello,

Does anyone know if we could legitimately use DS's grandparent's address for enrollment into a public school in NSW? My parent's will be the ones picking up DS from school when he starts and there is a school within walking distance from their house to which our own house is just out of the catchment for.

TIA

[**Mel**]

Not on my watch


And I do enrolments for my school

[JustBeige]

Hello,

Does anyone know if we could legitimately use DS's grandparent's address for enrollment into a public school in NSW? My parent's will be the ones picking up DS from school when he starts and there is a school within walking distance from their house to which our own house is just out of the catchment for.

TIA

Not legitimately no. They arent his registered carers.

[Chibi]

Thanks ladies,

I will give them a call today re. out of area enrolment then.

[Freddie'sMum]

I was just going to say OP - I don't think you can legimately do it but by all means ask the school about out-of-zone enrolments and see how you go.

[Julie3Girls]

You can't legitimately use it as a home address unless you are living there.

BUT ... It would give weight to an out of zone enrolment, if the grandparents are picking up everyday.

[~sydblue~]

I think if you explained to them the grandparents were his afterschool carers and they lived nearby, then it would add a lot of weight to an out of area placement.

[soontobegran]

I agree that the fact that your parents will be doing the drop off and pick up may help you get enrolled in a school that is not in your catchment area but like the others said it is not OK to give your parent's address as yours.

I was on SC at a very keenly sought after school where there were people falsifying addresses just to get in. Some were actually offering to pay strangers to allow them to register their addresses as their own.
Because the enrolments were about 300 above the intake the school went to the electoral roll and all those who were not being honest did not get in.

Good luck, I do think you have a chance though with your care situation.

[~sydblue~]

Did anyone else watch the story about private schools hiring investigators to look into people enrolling their kids?
Some parents even went as far as to rent houses near the schools, but not live there just to get their kids in. So they were knocked back.

[SeaPrincess]

We moved back to the city last year and were staying with my parents when we enrolled the children at school. Our house is still rented, so we rented in the area, but we are probably going to move back into our own house when it is available. However, for a number of reasons, I don't want the children to move schools again. I will discuss it with the school closer to the time, but I would rather be upfront about our plans, including the reasons for staying there.