Parental preference

Information about expressing parental preferences including the case in which parents are separated

Parents are able to submit parental preferences for school places for their children. 

If parents are either separated or do not live together but still have joint parental responsibility for a child, both parents are entitled to express a school preference.

​Parents will be asked to make an agreed decision on the school preference or have the issue of the school preference legally resolved by the family court.  ​