DD1 didn't get into our closest school (School A) and instead got School B. School B is lovely, but is right on the doorstep of two outstanding schools, so far less oversubscribed.
We are approx 0.6 of a mile from both schools straight line, but School B ends up being well over a mile by car/on foot, whereas School A is pretty much a straight line route. That makes the difference between 15 minutes walk and over 35 minutes, so realistically we will need to drive to School B, especially in winter.
All the local kids go to School A, though that might change in the years below DD as many of them wouldn't have got in in this intake either. I think in future years siblings will go to School A and eldest/only children will be at School B. (There are various reasons, new building, rising birth rate, a bulge class working its way through School A which is likely to result in extra siblings in the next couple of intakes, etc).
So just how hard do people think this is likely to be for DD1? I keep reading on these threads how much people under-estimate the value of a local school and I can't help being sad for DD1.
I am happy with School B otherwise, but wondering whether we should stay on the waiting list of A. We are currently seventh, so any place would probably not come up until the summer, or well into reception year, if at all. They are both 60 intake. How much does it matter how close you are - and whether your friends are up to two miles away (some of the children at School B will come from up to a mile in the opposite direction to our house).
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How hard is it not to be at the local school
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AmandaPayneNeedsANap · 18/05/2013 10:44
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