If parents cannot agree on where their children should be educated, they should first attend mediation to try to resolve the dispute. If they cannot agree, one or other of the parents will need to apply to the court for a “Specific Issue Order”.
Having heard the evidence from both parents and possibly recommendations from a CAFCASS officer, the court will decide which school the children should go to, making a decision based upon the child’s best interests.
Refer to our Children fact sheet here, designed to help to answer any more queries. For further information around this topic click the link here.
- Is there such a thing as a common law wife/husband?
- What is a Parenting Plan?
- How do you obtain Parental Responsibility?
- What does ‘Parental Responsibility’ mean?
- Other than making an application to the Court for enforcement, what can I do to ensure that I can continue to see my children?
- What can I do if the other parent is breaching a child arrangement order?
- What is Child Maintenance?
- I am furloughed, can I stop paying child maintenance?
- What is mediation?
- What is a CAFCASS?
- What about contact with my child?
- What happens if there is a dispute regarding with whom the children should live?
- What is shared care in child law?
- What is a Child Arrangements Order?
- Where will the children live?