Andrew

We are selling up and moving to France, probably staying in and renovating a friends vacant home for a few months until we find the property we want with enough space to provide a family home plus some level of rental income. Will our 3 children be entitled to attend local french schools once we arrive, they will be 6years 12years and 3 years old,or do we need a carte de sejour in order to establish our residence for them to do so? I understand to get carte, proof from a french bank that we have suffient funds is enough. We plan to put our UK house sale proceeds into a french bank account to cover this. Am I being niave in thinking this will be sufficient to assure the authorities that we aren't coming to bludge? Andrew