Documentary evidence
Proof of address – mainround admissions Proof of address - in-year admissions
You are not required to submit proof of your address at the
time of application. If your address cannot be verified through
council records you will be asked to provide the following:
• Your current year’s Council Tax Bill You are required to submit documentary evidence of your
home address when submitting your application form. This is
your permanent address where you are living with your child at
the time of application and the proof provided should be in the
name of the applicant
If you do not pay Council Tax then the following may be accepted:
• Letter confirming entitlement to benefits e.g. child
benefit, child tax credit, housing benefit, income support
or Jobseekers allowance for the current year or any new
benefits which may be introduced or replace any of these.
• Tenancy agreement from a registered private letting agency
with 2 copies of recent bills e.g. bank/mobile/phone
statement, utility bill (gas/water/electricity) or wage slip
• Car Insurance
• Letter from Social Services, National Asylum Support Service
(NASS), United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) or Housing
Department confirming placement at your address.
If you are living with friends or relatives, you will need to
provide a copy of their Council Tax bill, a letter from the
Council Tax payer confirming that you are residing with
them for the foreseeable future and two of the documents
referred to above.
If you and/or your child are living abroad but intend to move
back to this country you must provide the home address in
the country you are currently residing. When you can prove
that you are living in Ealing the last date that your address can
be changed before the offer date is 8 December 2017. If you
move into the country after that date your address can only be
changed after the offer date. In all cases you must be living in
Ealing before the new address can be used.
PLEASE NOTE THAT INTERNAL COUNCIL CHECKS WILL BE
MADE ON ALL APPLICANTS’ CLAIMED ADDRESSES
False or misleading addresses
Ealing Council takes very seriously any attempt to obtain a
school place by deception. If we find that a school place was
obtained using a false or misleading address we will give
serious consideration to withdrawing the offer, even after the
child has started school. In deciding whether to withdraw the
place, the length of time that the child has been at the school
will be taken into account.
Temporary addresses used solely or mainly to obtain a place
at a school (whilst still owning a property elsewhere) are not
regarded as the permanent home address and will not be
accepted. If a place is obtained by that means, the place will
be withdrawn.
The Council uses our Audit and Investigation Service to
investigate cases and if there is any doubt regarding the veracity
of your claimed address you may be asked to provide additional
information before your case is referred to this Service
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Please provide:
• Your current year’s Council Tax bill
If you do not pay Council Tax then the following may be accepted:
• Letter confirming entitlement to benefits eg child benefit,
child tax credit, housing benefit, income support or
Jobseekers allowance for the current year or any new
benefits which may be introduced or replace any of these.
• Tenancy agreement from a registered private letting agency
with 2 copies of recent bills e.g. bank/mobile/phone
statement, utility bill (gas/water/electricity) or wage slip
• Car Insurance
• Letter from Social Services, National Asylum Support Service
(NASS), United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) or Housing
Department confirming placement at your address.
If you are living with friends or relatives, you will need to
provide a copy of their Council Tax bill, a letter from the Council
Tax payer confirming that you are residing with them for the
foreseeable future and two of the documents referred to above.
PLEASE NOTE THAT INTERNAL COUNCIL CHECKS MAY BE
MADE ON ALL APPLICANTS’ CLAIMED ADDRESSES
You are not required to live within the borough to make an
application; however you are expected to be able to live within
reasonable travelling distance in order for your child to be able
to start school quickly when an offer is made. Applications
from abroad will not be made live and you will be expected to
provide evidence of your child’s arrival in the UK, such as your
child’s boarding pass, before this will be actioned.
Change of address
After your initial application, if you move address to or within
the London Borough of Ealing you must be living in the
property before the new address can be used and you
will be required to provide proof of your new permanent
home address as above. This is because in-year applicants are
expected to start at the school quickly after any offer is made,
as many schools and year groups are oversubscribed, and so
places cannot be held open.
If you know someone who intends to or has used a
false address to gain a school place, you can report
this to the school admissions team confidentially by
emailing [email protected] or by
calling admissions on 0208 825 6339/5511/5522.
You do not need to give your name but please provide
as much information as possible so that we can
investigate the matter fully.